“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued. “We’ve had ...

“The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster editor continued ... of her bronze medal after the Paris Games? You guessed it: polarizing.

Merriam-Webster had already announced in October the introduction of new words to its dictionary in 2024, including “far left” and “far right” as well as “MAGA”—the shorthand for ...