According to Merriam-Webster, "rejuvenate" is intended for mature audiences. TEMPLE, Texas — The first Word of the Day in the ...

go-cup and omnicide are just a few of the 640 words added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary on Monday. Deciding what gets included is a painstaking process involving the company’s roughly two ...

One of my favorite Ben Webster albums from the tail end of his career is Webster's Dictionary, recorded in London for Ronnie Scott Records in October 1970. The label was founded by Scott, the famed ...

Scholasticide and domicide are among several new terms that has been used to describe Israel's actions in Gaza.

By Roger J. Kreuz Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that’s ...

Last year, the American publisher Merriam-Webster introduced 690 new words to its dictionary, ranging from the fictional slang term “padawan” to refer to a Jedi apprentice to the “deadname ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary chose "menorah" as its Word of the Day for Thursday. Its definition of the word is stated as "a candelabra with seven or nine lights that is used in Jewish worship.

Questions about accuracy and authenticity quickly emerge during this writer's first experience with artificial intelligence.

The suspect, an American, also died at the scene. Officials have designated the attack terrorism like the 2017 vehicular ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

Headline writers have settled on 'awkward' to describe the Jan. 6 election certification — but is that the right word?

“Brat” is no longer negative. It now means an “estetik” trend defined by party-animal antics, cool-girl style and messy ...