There are a lot of words that could be used to capture the spirit of the last couple years, like maybe “bullshit” or…
Language is a constantly evolving, ever-mutating thing, which is one of those “Oh God, I’m getting old”-affirming…
Welcome back to Pop Lexicon, The A.V. Club’s series with Kory Stamper, Merriam-Webster lexicographer and editor, where…
Ever since about 1996, grammatical sticklers are fought against the runaway freight train-esque popularity of…
Welcome back to Pop Lexicon, The A.V. Club’s series with Kory Stamper, Merriam-Webster lexicographer and editor, where…
So, turns out all we had to do to get the word “feminism” into the forefront of our pop-culture consciousness is elect…
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The war of words between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un got positively esoteric today, with the Asian…
Merriam-Webster, the dictionary known of late for its killer Twitter account, has added 250 new words and definitions…
Every day, new words are added to the English language. Sometimes they’re good, sometimes they’re bad, and sometimes…
Sue is a Tyrannosaurus rex that resides in Chicago’s Field Museum, where the beast also apparently kills time on…
If you’re someone who still thinks “fuck” is an acronym for “fornication under consent of the king,” then this video is…
The dictionary and Donald Trump. Together they represent the bedrocks of our modern communication; without them, we…
Among other crimes—including, hopefully, treason—Donald Trump is a sub-verbal human. He is the diametric opposite of…
You can add recently appointed presidential adviser Ivanka Trump to the list of people who should probably look “burnt”…
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“The dictionary” is one of those background items that’s always just there, little thought about and quickly forgotten…
Merriam-Webster saw a spike of lookups for the word “feminism” on its site yesterday, following Trump administration…
America still has much to learn from drag queens—gender being a social construct, for example, or the perils of hog…
Tweeting out definitions of words is now somehow political, as Merriam-Webster defines “fact” in the age of…
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