"A subtweet is a standalone response to someone else's tweet that does not mention the other person or their tweet at all" — that is Merriam-Webster's definition of a subtweet, something the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Showing what would happen if your computer's spell check became sentient and snarkily judgmental, whoever runs Merriam-Webster's Twitter ...

The Justice Department charged a California man of hurling threats of violence against the Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc., while he allegedly accused the dictionary of promoting "lies and ...

MASON CITY — The word “definitely” may be one of the reasons Dictionary Day is so important. That’s because so many of us get tripped up trying to spell it. “I usually get ‘defiantly,’ which is almost ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s human editors took aim at artificial intelligence (AI) by choosing “slop” as their 2025 Word ...

You may want to yeet your old Merriam-Webster book, as the publishing company decided to level up and serve lewks by including 370 new words and phrases to its dictionary. In a move that could be seen ...

Merriam-Webster announced Wednesday that it has added 690 new words, phrases and acronyms to its dictionary. Many of the additions are humourous slang words and phrases that originated from internet ...

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