Merriam-Webster is "wordmaxxing," with more than a thousand new words and definitions added to its dictionary. According to Merriam-Webster's website, the new entries reflect "words and meanings that ...

Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 new words to the dictionary Tuesday, and some of them will look familiar to those in healthcare. Here are five words form science and medicine that were just ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it ...

Now you have no excuse for not knowing the meaning of “cuffing season,” “shishito” or “glow-up.” By Michael Levenson Merriam-Webster, the venerable dictionary that traces its roots to a time before ...

It’s time to zhuzh your vocabulary. Merriam-Webster announced 690 words and definitions added to its dictionary in 2023. The words range from colloquial phrases like doggo and “beast mode” to ...

Has the internet made keeping up with the ever-evolving glossary of new phrases feel borderline impossible? Don’t worry, Merriam-Webster is here to help. The famed dictionary added 1,400 new words to ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

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