I would venture that this is how many people think about print dictionaries: as battered, well-traveled relics that they like ...

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

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 ...

October 16 is World Dictionary Day, marking the birthday of the great American lexicographer Noah Webster, who was born in what is now West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1758. Webster’s two-volume An ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.