Noah Webster was the patriot armed with a pen. He defined 12,000 new words in the wake of the American Revolution, using ...

An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, LL.D., New York 1828. The National Quilt Collection incorporates quilts from various ethnic groups and social classes, for quilts are ...

Noah Webster had a vision for his dictionary, which would be published in 1828. “It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American ...

The recent additions come after the dictionary included cheffy, chef’s kiss, jollof rice, smashburger and stagiaire ...

Some credit 19th-century Australian meteorologist Clement L. Wragge for initiating the hurricane-naming process.

Today Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 200 new words and definitions to its iconic dictionary – maybe not a beach read, but worthy of a For You page and nearly as irresistible as street corn.

Now we’re sucking diesel with this perfect list of translations. An American man working in an office in Galway decided to ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in ...

An 89th-minute goal by substitute Luiz Henrique gave Brazil a 2-1 away win over Chile on Thursday in a 2026 World Cup ...

ADRs are bank-issued certificates that allow American investors to trade foreign companies' stock on domestic stock exchanges like the NYSE and Nasdaq. Most well-known public companies in the U.S ...

The S&P 500 is one of many indexes compiled and maintained by Standard and Poor’s Global Ratings, the largest American credit rating agency. The companies tracked by the S&P 500 are weighted by ...

In addition to street corn (noun, grilled corn on the cob that is coated with a creamy spread), additional nouns include ...