Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Swole, bug-out bag, go-cup and omnicide are just a few of the 640 words added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary on Monday. Deciding what gets included is a painstaking process involving the ...

Is there any surprise that the Merriam-Webster word of the year was “polarisation”? “Polarisation means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski ...

In 2003, Merriam-Webster kicked off the annual tradition of choosing a "word of the year," based on search volume on the dictionary publisher's website, which serves as an on-the-nose superlative of ...

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 chooses each word of the year based on lookup data—how often a word was searched in its online dictionary. Last year, the winning word was “ authentic ,” while ...

“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 ...

The American dictionary publisher announced its selection today, defining the term as “division into two sharply distinct opposites.” However, as Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor ...