Da “Yoopers” up dere in da U.P., Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, have hit it big with inclusion of their nickname in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the company’s free online database. The ...

"They" can be used to refer to one person whose gender identity is nonbinary. Merriam-Webster has added another definition for the word "they" that can be used to refer to a single person whose gender ...

An Orange County man was arrested Tuesday after making a series of alleged death threats targeted towards Merriam-Webster dictionary after the company opted to change the definition of several words ...

The results of the 2024 US presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the ...

as hundreds of thousands march for justice across the country and in Saint Louis, one recent college grand is using her voice in a different way. With everything going on I think is really important, ...

Are you now or have you ever been an anti-vaxxer? Chances are high that the answer is yes if you’re using Merriam-Webster’s definition of the term: “a person who opposes vaccination or laws that ...

David Skinner's The Story of Ain't tells the story of Webster's Third, the most controversial dictionary ever assembled. Here, Skinner tells us the story of the dictionary that was referred to as ...

NEW HAVEN -- Noah Webster made his fortune in New York, but he created his legend in New Haven. A Yale graduate, Webster had published the nation's first daily newspaper and written a spelling book, ...