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Wordle clone Quordle acquired by Merriam-Webster
TechCrunch· 1 year agoMerriam-Webster, the Encyclopædia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Quordle...
We’re Being Gaslit About ‘Gaslighting’ Being the Word of the Year
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMerriam-Webster, the most online of the well-known dictionaries, has selected a term popularized by...
Dictionary.com adds over 300 new words: Here's what deadass, hellscape and petfluencer mean
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe have some new words to describe our hellscape. Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words...
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"...
What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter...
Rizz, jorts, mid and thirst trap — Merriam-Webster's latest definitions are Gen Z approved
TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHere’s the long and jort of it: If you had “bingo card” being added to the dictionary in 2023 on...
Merriam-Webster’s 2023 word of the year is the real deal
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAs the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come...
Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoYour convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and...
Dictionary.com’s word of the year is a common one. But it doesn’t mean what you think
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe online reference site chose “hallucinate” as its defining word of the year, referring to the...
Man who sent bomb and mass shooting threats to Merriam-Webster over gender-inclusive entries pleads...
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA disgruntled man upset about Merriam-Webster dictionary’s update to their definitions of gender...