DEFINITION: A physique regarded as typical of an average father, especially one that is slightly overweight and not extremely ...

NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. In addition to elevating “surreal” in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on Tuesday added about 1 ...

Although most people would define ‘nude’ as a color that matches a person’s skin tone, about a month ago, Merriam-Webster would beg to differ. Instead, America’s leading and most-trusted dictionary of ...

Merriam-Webster has added 200 new words and definitions to its dictionary. The new additions are added based on widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today, according to ...

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 ...

Complete with thumb notches and a deep red cover, and weighing almost 5 pounds, the 12th edition is the first new edition in ...

Merriam-Webster, the venerable dictionary publisher, announced last week that it would update its definition of the word ‘racism’ in response to a request by a 22-year-old woman from Missouri. But ...

Fabiola Cineas covered race and policy as a reporter for Vox. Before that, she was an editor and writer at Philadelphia magazine, where she covered business, tech, and the local economy. Signifying ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...