Popular dictionary Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is "authentic". Searches for the term were driven by AI, celebrities and identity.

As the all-important question of truth and facts continues to dominate current affairs, it may come as no surprise to learn that Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is “authentic.” ...

In a post on Instagram last week, Merriam-Webster has found itself dividing commenters by asserting that it is permissible for a sentence to end in a preposition. Peter Sokolowski from Merriam ...

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 is one that saw an increase in searches this year – in a world where it's sometimes hard to tell what is fake and what is real online. The word they ...

Merriam-Webster is revising its definition of racism after a Missouri woman's emails claimed it fell short of including the systemic oppression of certain groups of people.

Merriam-Webster adds made-up word from ’The Simpsons’ to its dictionary ‘A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.’ ...

Grammar expert June Casagrande has written this column for 20 years and has never written about why she avoids using the word ...

Merriam-Webster categorizes the word "irregardless" as "nonstandard," meaning, "not conforming in pronunciation, grammatical construction, idiom, or word choice to the usage generally ...

Throughout the presidential campaign, the linguistic institution developed its funny style of delicately poking at Donald Trump and his associates on Twitter.