"Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — has been named the 2022 Word of the Year by online dictionary Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster says "gaslighting" was among ...

Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated ...

However, the definition for "irregardless" has been included in Merriam-Webster's Unabridged edition since 1934. In early July 2020, social media users asked Snopes.com to verify whether it was true ...

If what we search for is any indication of what we value, then things aren't looking great for artificial intelligence. "Authentic" was selected as the 2023 word of the year by the Merriam-Webster ...

October 16 marks the 260th birth anniversary of lexicographer Noah Webster, whose dictionary remains the American standard. It’s because of Webster that Americans no longer have the superfluous “u” in ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s ...

As the United States moves closer to its 250th birthday next year, a local company continues defining generations and ...