Merriam-Webster has fully revised its popular “Collegiate” dictionary with over 5,000 new words. They include “petrichor,” ...

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 has updated the hard copy of its collegiate dictionary, adding 5,000 new words to the 12th edition, The ...

Webster adds over 5,000 new words to their dictionaries; a psychologist walks us through why we don't like being wrong; Pasta ...

Over 5,000 new words have been added to Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, as part of the latest edition - and it includes words that have become popular in recent years. "For the first time in ...

In the same vein, I just found out that the word “buttload,” often used colloquially to mean “a large amount,” actually has its roots in Old English as a wine measurement.

The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that ...

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Scientists set out to understand all the ways the animals use their eight appendages. It wasn’t easy. By Kate Golembiewski The eight arms of an octopus are right there in its name. But these ...