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 Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. Fin Gough and Sioned Cray, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul of its popular “Collegiate” dictionary. The company ...

The Dictionary.com Chrome Extension makes going to a dictionary website redundant. Dictionary.com Extension is for everyone who isn’t blessed with a memory like the Oxford English Dictionary. If ...

Susie Dent’s winning novel follows a team of lexicographers investigating cryptic letters related to a long-ago disappearance ...

"Woman" and its definition were both at the center of various significant moments globally over the last 12 months, according to John Kelly, Senior Director of Editorial at Dictionary.com ...

There may also be a reason why Merriam-Webster went so hard with their ad. The company, as well as Encyclopedia Britannica, ...

So, F-bomb is going into the dictionary. Yes, we’ve come to this. The good folks at Merriam-Webster feel as though they have to titillate in order to get people to pick up their dictionary. I don’t ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 18 new words related to gender identity and the LGBTQ community in 2022, including the terms gender-affirming, brotherboy and pangender, according to a new ...

I’m a word nerd. I like learning the etymology of words and seeing how language changes over time. So I was intrigued when comedian Harris Wittels coined the term “humblebrag” and when Weird Al ...