In Stefan Fatsis’s capacious, and at times score-settling, personal history of the reference book, he reveals what the ...

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.

It was only a few short months ago that President Donald Trump boasted, crowed, and preened on how he had obliterated Iran’s nuclear program. What really happened? Obliteration lite? Now he has ...

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 ...

"Streisand effect in full swing." The post Microsoft Bans the Word “Microslop” on Copilot Discord, Gets So Humiliated That It ...

NCLAT held that where the Guarantee Deed capped total liability at ₹75 lakhs in aggregate, the ₹1 crore threshold under Section 4 of IBC was not met. The Section 7 insolvency application was set aside ...

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., ...