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Merriam-Webster Declares 'Authentic' the 2023 Word of the Year
People via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe publishing company defines the adjective as "true to one's own personality, spirit or character"...
Merriam-Webster adds 370 new words to the dictionary including cringe, oat milk, and pumpkin spice
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPumpkin spice, yeet, and cringe are just some of the 370 new words and phrases Merriam-Webster has...
Merriam-Webster dictionary adds 690 new words including padawan, ’grammable and kayfabe
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMerriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary-publishing company in America and Friday was a day of...
Man pleads guilty to threatening to 'bomb' Merriam-Webster offices over gender definitions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA California man pleaded guilty last week to threatening "to shoot up and bomb" dictionary publisher...
What headline? Merriam-Webster reveals word of 2022
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. Search for the word on...
Yeet, sus and cringe: Merriam-Webster adds 370 new words and phrases to its dictionary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYou may want to yeet your old Merriam-Webster book, as the publishing company decided to level up...
Merriam-Webster Adds 'Pumpkin Spice,' 'Oat Milk,' and 'Plant-based' to Dictionary
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMelanie Maya / Getty Images It's that time of year again. No, I'm not talking about pumpkin spice...
What's the Definition of 'Chef's Kiss?' Merriam-Webster Has the Answer
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 8 months ago“Make me a smashburger, cheffy!” Waqar Hussain / Getty Images It’s that time of year again when the...
A man who threatened Merriam-Webster over gender-inclusive definitions was sentenced to prison
The Today Show via AOL· 1 year agoA California man who threatened to bomb and shoot people at Merriam-Webster Inc. over the dictionary...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...