The Justice Department charged a California man of hurling threats of violence against the Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc., while he allegedly accused the dictionary of promoting "lies and ...

Evalyn Homoelle is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary is facing renewed criticism for slipping woke gender ideology into its ...

NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. In addition to elevating “surreal” in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on Tuesday added about 1 ...

Stock image of young cook in white chef uniform holding a plate with meat dish and making delicious italian gesture over grey background “Thirst trap,” “chef’s kiss,” “‘grammable” and “beast mode” are ...

SPRINGFIELD — Book \ buk \ n: a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together between a front and back cover. Dictionary maker Merriam-Webster isn’t adding the notation “archaic” to that ...

Merriam-Webster has added 200 new words and definitions to its dictionary. The new additions are added based on widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today, according to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A stock image shows a dictionary's entry for 'Woman.'Getty Images A California man got a year in prison over threats to ...

A California man was arrested for making violent threats against the Merriam-Webster over the dictionary company’s gender definitions, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Jeremy David Hanson, ...

The makers of the Merriam-Webster dictionary announced Tuesday that more than 600 words had been added, including some contemporary political definitions for existing words. Among the list of new ...