There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

Whether you’re looking for a word’s definition, synonym, or correct spelling, or even for geographical terms and biographical info, Apple’s Dictionary can help. Dan Frakes’ recent article, Five ...

Dictionary.com will no longer use the word "slave" as a noun to identify a person. (Photo: Getty Creative) As part of its ongoing efforts to feature language that is more inclusive and reflective of ...

In the late 1990s, a friend told me she had used the word “exponentially” in a debate with her brother-in-law. “That’s not a word!” her brother-in-law insisted. “Of course it is,” my friend replied.

BEIJING, China, December 24, 2024 (EZ Newswire) -- On December 23, the NetEase Youdao Dictionary announced the 2024 Word of the Year: “damn.” Official data shows that the search volume for this word ...

"Demure" is Dictionary.com's word of the year, with all the credit for its popularity going to lifestyle and beauty influencer Jools Lebron and her catchphrase, "very demure, very mindful." "Demure" ...

The fascinating thing about languages is that they're constantly changing, meaning they're not dead. With time, languages survive because the meaning behind words evolves, and new words are created ...

Merriam-Webster raised the hackles of stodgy grammarians last week when it affirmed the lexical veracity of "irregardless." The word's definition, when reading it, would seem to be: without without ...

When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had to decide in 2006 what “waters of the U.S.” are protected by the Clean Water Act, he reached for his beloved Webster’s New International Dictionary: ...

A lexicographer with Merriam-Webster says Donald Trump isn’t making up words — he’s just using them all wrong. By Peter Flax One of the stranger moments in Monday night’s presidential debate came when ...