Dictionary.com Has Named Its 2024 Word of the Year
This may have been the year of "Brat summer," but by August another buzzworthy phrase had usurped it in the pop culture ...
I Just Learned The Original Webster Dictionary Definition Of 'Cat,' And It's Hilarious
he of Webster’s Dictionary fame) seemingly despised the pets and took his rage out on the page. Noah Webster had a vision for ...
How ‘Demure’ Became 2024’s Word of the Year
The word “demure” has been named Dictionary.com’s 2024 Word of the Year, largely due to the creativity of TikToker Jools ...
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A Merriam-Webster editor reveals how words are added to the dictionary
Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, told us what criteria a word needs to meet in order to be added to the dictionary.
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Gaslighting: Merriam-Webster picks its word of the year
Merriam-Webster, America's oldest dictionary publisher, has just chosen "gaslighting" as its word of the year. Searches on its website for the word have spiked by 1,740% in 2022, according to the ...
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A dictionary editor reveals the most commonly looked up words
Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," told us the surprising words that are consistently the most looked up. Following is ...