More than 5,000 new words have been added to the 12th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. They include "rizz, ...

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 ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular ...

From "rizz" and "dad bod" to "doomscroll" and "beast mode," check out the latest additions to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

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 word palimpsest originates from the Greek word ‘palimpsēstos’, meaning rubbed again or scraped again. This term, in turn, ...

Befuddled by the slang terms teens are using these days? Local middle schoolers explain some of the most common Gen Alpha ...

We’re using semicolons less and less; the apostrophe still stumps most of us. Meanwhile, @, #, :, ) have taken on new meanings. Take a look.

Paul Drexler '72 encourages students to learn foreign language — even in the age of Google Translate and lingua francas — ...

Earlier this month, the Library of Congress named Santa Fe poet Arthur Sze the nation’s Poet Laureate for 2025-26. Sze will ...