Word nerds FTW! Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words and definitions to the dictionary — including nods to online culture, food favourites and the pandemic — to reflect our ever-evolving language.

Stock image of young cook in white chef uniform holding a plate with meat dish and making delicious italian gesture over grey background “Thirst trap,” “chef’s kiss,” “‘grammable” and “beast mode” are ...

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Merriam-Webster announced Wednesday that it has added 690 new words, phrases and acronyms to its dictionary. Many of the additions are humourous slang words and phrases that originated from internet ...

Kennedy Mitchum, 22, said the dictionary definition needed to be expanded to include systemic racism. The dictionary’s editors agreed. By Christine Hauser Merriam-Webster is revising its entry on ...

If such words cause anxiety, some relief may be found in dawn chorus: “the singing of wild birds that closely precedes and follows sunrise especially in spring and summer.” “Some of these words will ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...