How do new words like “safe space,” “dogpile,” and “alt-right” make it into the dictionary? Journalist Stefan Fatsis finds ...

Next time a less-than-tech-savvy relative asks what does “WTF” mean, no need to figure out how not to curse in front of your elders. Instead, just kindly point them to the dictionary. Merriam-Webster ...

Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, ...

Are dictionaries going the way of dodos, pocket calculators and civil discourse? Some dictionaries are still printed but, increasingly, the reference books have moved online. And, as Stefan Fatsis ...

On Wednesday, Merriam-Webster caught up to speed with two words people have been using to describe their gender identity for at least a decade, adding "cisgender" and "genderqueer" to its unabridged ...

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary added 1,700 new entries to their contents including WTF, clickbait, and photobomb. The new turns of phrase along with 200 modified existing ones have been added ...

Merriam-Webster said Monday it has launched a subscription service that provides online access to the unabridged version of Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The new service, available at ...