Wisecracks — the Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines them as “clever or sarcastic remarks.” Generally, wisecracks aren’t viewed favorably. Neither are what I’m choosing to call unwise cracks.

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal recently bought Merriam-Webster dictionaries for all 435 members of the U.S. House. In doing so, the Democrat from Springfield participated in a years-old practice on Capitol ...

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The Spelling Bee is a long legacy of competition, but really it’s a basic element of literacy.” — MISD Superintendent Mike ...

If the dictionary definition of dictatorship is applied strictly, then one could argue that the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, fits the description.

The very first edition of Noah Webster’s famous dictionary, published way back in 1825, defines rizz as “style, charm, or ...

Doomscrolling: to spend excessive time online scrolling through news or other content that makes one feel sad, anxious, angry, etc.” — Merriam Webster Dictionary ...

Riddhi Patel, an eighth-grade student from Rochester Public Schools, emerged as the champion by correctly spelling "corm." Patel will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., ...

“Alive” is obviously a loaded term; the more frequently used word is “conscious.” If you ask Anthropic if the company thinks Claude is alive, the company will flatly deny it, but stop short of saying ...

Again, although a child might think it's just a harmless joke, this type of name-calling can be harmful both in the short and long term. "Kids absorb labels, not just hear them," Dr. Bethany Cook, a ...

Some parents are exhausted from acknowledging their child's every feeling and sifting through an overabundance of parenting ...