This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Over 5,000 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary. From 'rizz' to 'dad ...

Brush up on Gen Z’s favorite buzzwords because they’ve officially entered our lexicon. Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several ...

You better believe it — “gaslighting” is the word of the year. The newly common term for lying to someone in order to mentally manipulate them topped Merriam-Webster’s list of 2022’s hottest words and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...

Your Scrabble game just got a lot more complicated with the addition of 1,700 new words to the Bible of the English language — the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Included in the latest edition are words ...

“Embiggens?” says teacher Edna Krabappel during the episode, “Lisa the Iconoclast.” “I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield.” “I don’t know why,” responds fellow teacher Elizabeth ...

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The dictionary added 840 new words and definitions to its website today, and many of them—including the abbreviation for “greatest of all time”—have their roots in science, tech and social media slang ...

Every so often, a new word (or canon of words) gets added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Following popular usage and a socially-acceptable, widely circulated and accepted definition, the newest term ...