NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company has added more than 5,000 terms. Here’s a few of them with definitions — and ...

Merriam-Webster marks a milestone with the upcoming release of their all new, Collegiate Dictionary, the Twelfth Edition.

From the usage examples for the word Hitlerist; the quote is from David's post Data on Mass Murder by Government in the 20th Century: When the speaker mentions that the government also slaughtered two ...

The real debate isn’t whether internet slang counts as “proper English”, but which words get preserved and which are left to vanish, says NUS Centre for Language Studies’ Daniel Chan.

A hero is defined by Webster's dictionary as "a man admired for his strength or ability." A heroine is defined as "a woman of ...

Merriam-Webster's 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary adds over 5,000 new words, including "petrichor" and "ghost kitchen," ...

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A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the ...

“Tech bosses love the story of AI replacing programmers,” Doctorow said at an event hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library ...

Michigan parents and teachers might be stumped when Gen Alpha kids — those born from 2010 to 2024 — toss out terms like ...

The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.