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Hasbro has announced it is collaborating with The New York Times to create a Wordle: The Party Game, the board game adaptation of the uber-popular mobile word game. The gameplay is the same, but it's ...
Merriam-Webster’s chance to vote for the best (and worst) of words is still going. It’s a dictionary of modern delights. Freelance Writer As a child, I used to read the dictionary. There I ...
Earlier today, Merriam-Webster announced that it'd added 200 new words and phrases to its online dictionary in its latest effort to maintain relevance in the arms race against the ever-changing ...
Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several slang words and terms beloved by the younger generations. “Our lexicographers ...
"The increase in dictionary lookups for gaslighting is striking," Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at large, said in a press release. "In our age of misinformation – "fake news ...
Forbes, meanwhile, warned that in workplaces, “cultural polarization is becoming a pressing challenge,” Merriam-Webster wrote in announcing the selection. “The online dictionary tells us ...
Merriam-Webster, the Encyclopædia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Merriam-Webster announced its 2024 Word of the Year. Ironically, it is something on which many would agree. The dictionary and publishing company announced the word of the year and list of other ...
A Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is displayed in a bookstore November 10, 2003. Merriam-Webster has named "polarization" as its 2024 Word of the Year. A Merriam-Webster's Collegiate ...
“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had dictionaries of English for 420 years and it’s only been in the last ...
Following a contentious presidential election, Merriam-Webster has chosen its word of the year for 2024: “polarization.” The American dictionary publisher announced its selection today ...