Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster's Peter ...

Wool - If you are labelled a wool, you are not considered a true Scouser. The dictionary says this one is an abbreviated form ...

Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster's Peter ...

Vaccine skeptics have said changes were introduced to "accommodate" the shortcomings of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Of the many attributes that one expects of academics in the practice of whatever subject they choose to study, curiosity is among the most important. In recent years in the UK, research that is ...

A word from the 1800s has found new life in gay memes and among OnlyFans creators, but what’s the translation and why is it ...

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

Shashi Tharoor’s latest book misses a trick in not mining Gen Z and Alpha vocabulary as deeply as it deserves to be ...

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

Opinion is divided on whether the term ‘genocide’ can be applied to Israel’s attacks on civilians in Gaza. Sympathisers of ...

A word typically associated with the Scots dialect of Doric, here is what quine means and where it comes from. In the present day, quine simply means a young woman. If you’re in or around the ...

All the political wrangling over Ohio's Issue 1, a statewide ballot issue aimed at changing the way the state draws its ...