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

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

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

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

A solo exhibition of the poet and visual artist Ted Joans is a mostly fitting tribute to an artistic visionary.

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.

Hearing impaired learners in the country now have a common dictionary of harmonised sign language. Known as Harmonised Ghanaian Sign Language Dictionary, it would enable them to use the same sign ...

Merriam-Webster added ‘jam band’ to its dictionary. Let’s celebrate by highlighting the best jam performances of the summer.

An Argentine judge has ordered the publishers of a major Spanish dictionary to remove a pejorative definition of the word ...

The history of the United States is such, though, that many of its towns and cities have simply been given names honoring ...

Careful if someone from the South or South Midland states tells you that you have a booger—they could mean something more ...