The dictionary definition of the word “ate” is a verb that could either mean the past tense of “eat” or what Merriam-Webster just pulled in a new ad. The reference book publishing company, which is ...

Merriam-Webster names “slop” its 2025 Word of the Year, spotlighting the rise of low-quality AI-generated content flooding ...

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word of the Year, one that has often defined the political landscape of the United States and its candidates. The word, ...

"I think the weirdest quirk of English is that we're still arguing about pointless things like whether to split infinitives or end a sentence with a preposition," Merriam-Webster editor Ammon Shea ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

From ‘rage bait’ to ‘parasocial’ to ‘vibe coding,’ 2025’s picks trace an internet-era feeling of exhaustion, skepticism — and figuring out what’s real ...

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

Other words such as "air fryer" and "vaccine passport" were also added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...

RETRACTION, May 14, 2021: The Western Journal has retracted this story because it was published in violation of our Ethics and Editorial Standards. We did not reach out to Merriam-Webster for comment ...

WASHINGTON — The Merriam-Webster dictionary reports that 'lookups' or searches for the term 'impeach' shot up 3,600% on Tuesday as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she will ask the U.S. House ...

SPRINGFIELD — Racism is a wide-ranging problem in society, but recent college grad Kennedy Mitchum thought its definition in venerable Merriam-Webster dictionary was too narrow. It downplayed, she ...