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Merriam-Webster's 2024 Word of the Year is here - and was fueled by a heated presidential election
Merriam-Webster defines polarization as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group of a group or society no longer ...
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Merriam-Webster buys Wordle-style hit game Quordle
US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired a hit Wordle-style game. The original Wordle, created by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle, challenges players to find a five-letter word in ...
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'Irregardless' is a real word – you're just using it wrong
Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," told us that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, and how to use it correctly.
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Word created by The Simpsons added to US dictionary
Merriam-Webster included the word, which has been popularised partly because of the comic Ms Marvel, among 850 new words and definitions. It is from the motto of The Simpsons' fictional town of ...