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A Florida School District Removed Dictionaries from Libraries. Here's Why
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMichael M. Santiago/Getty Images In January 2024, reports emerged that a Florida school district had...
Man who vowed to bomb Merriam-Webster over gender-inclusive entries pleads guilty
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoA man who expressed hatred for the Merriam-Webster dictionary's evolving definitions of gender...
What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoIn an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter...
Merriam-Webster’s 2023 word of the year is the real deal
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come...
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...
Why is Merriam-Webster’s 2023 word of the year ‘authentic’?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThis image released by Merriam-Webster shows an online dictionary entry for authentic. |...
'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn't 'nibling' made...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA rose by any other name would smell as sweet – but would it sound as sweet? Alicia Llop/Moment via...
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...
Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Merriam-Webster Over 'Female' Definition
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man enraged over dictionary definitions of gender terms faces up to five years in prison for...
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are...
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSince Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never...