Good thing I can (kinda) monetize my love of words. Over this last week, one of my favorite word-masters, the Merriam-Webster Twitter account, helped us warm up our voting muscles and asked ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in ...

US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired a hit Wordle-style game. The original Wordle, created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, challenges players to find a five-letter word in ...

If you have a significant writing project in front of you, it helps to have the right tools at your disposal. Here are some ...

It's not going to replace Merriam-Webster anytime soon ... MacOS has its own dictionary/thesaurus app, and it's incredibly powerful for a default application. It lets you choose your sources ...

These poor Bornean primates are the subject of much linguistic confusion. According to Merriam-Webster, their name is the amalgamation of two words in the Malay pidgin language: “orang” for ...

When you’re struggling to find just the right word, a web search or Merriam-Webster may not fit ... Less useful: Use an ...