Merriam-Webster has picked its word of the year. "Authentic" is the top word of 2023, according to America's oldest dictionary. Merriam-Webster said it saw a "substantial increase" in online ...

Over this last week, one of my favorite word-masters, the Merriam-Webster Twitter account, helped us warm up our voting muscles and asked followers to pick superlative words in various categories.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary has a long-standing tradition of posting the top word of the year, and this year it was “authentic ...

In an election year, the Yiddish word 'schlub' provides a handy, if somewhat gendered, way to separate the competent from the ...

The Biden administration embarked on a unique effort to crack down on daily inconveniences. Hawaii’s local government could ...

If the word "Gronkier" can make veteran actor Sam Elliott punch up his delivery, can it also define 2024? USAA made the pitch to Merriam-Webster in a social media post. "We’re thinking ...

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images The answer to Thursday's Wordle is "smoke." According to the Merriam-Webster, the word has multiple definitions. Congratulations if you got it right, but don't worry if ...

Many people struggle with learning the English language because there are so many nuanced spellings and usages for different words that don't conform to logical patterns. The hardest words to spell ...

Some surveys have suggested that the word count for novels has doubled ... It's not going to replace Merriam-Webster anytime soon, but it gets the job done, and the free version works offline.

We are now less than two weeks out from the official first day of fall. Here's what to ... by poets "fall of the leaves," according to Merriam-Webster. Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m ...

We are now less than two weeks out from the official first day of fall. Here's what to ... by poets "fall of the leaves," according to Merriam-Webster. Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m ...

An apostrophe is used in o’clock because the word is a contraction of the phrase ... the origins of which have been revealed by Merriam-Webster. In the 1820s and 1830s, there were often ...