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Merriam-Webster dictionary adds 690 new words including padawan, ’grammable and kayfabe
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMerriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary-publishing company in America and Friday was a day of...
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 adds word first used on ‘The Simpsons’ to dictionary
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMerriam-Webster announced this week that hundreds of new terms and words have been added to its...
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...
What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoIn an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter...
'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behavior that's mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright...
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...
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...
Wait, did Florida ban the dictionary? Why one county is pulling Merriam-Webster from shelves
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA Florida school district last month pulled the Merriam-Webster dictionary from library shelves to...
Nearly 700 New Words Were Just Added to the Dictionary—Here Are All the Ones Related to Food
Parade via AOL· 8 months agoEvery year, lexicographers at Merriam-Webster add new words to their esteemed tome, keeping a...