When it comes to celebrating your favorite people or person, baking or buying a cake is a natural ... usually frosted cake," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. If you are making a sheet cake ...

Outside of Merriam-Webster, Oxford also named its Word of the Year recently: "brain rot." The noun is used to describe the deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, sometimes seen ...

The dictionary revealed in a viral tweet, "A 'snafu' is a situation marked by errors or confusion. 'Snafu' comes from WW2 and ...

Merriam-Webster’s chance to vote for the best (and worst) of words is still going. It’s a dictionary of modern delights.

Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024. On Monday (December 9), the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year.

Merriam-Webster has added 200 new words and definitions to its dictionary. The new additions are added based on widespread use over time, and offer a window into the world today, according to ...

(Image credit: Merriam-Webster) M-W also has something NYT doesn't: a trivia game. In Tightrope you're given nine trivia questions with multiple choice answers, and 15 seconds to answer each of them.

Adobe Stock / Britannia Following in The New York Times’ footsteps, Merriam-Webster launched a new daily puzzle game called Revealed.The free browser game has players trying to guess a topic ...

The etiquette and linguistic history behind fiancé and fiancée traces the same path as many of the other gendered words in the English language—and as some of the other words English speakers have ...

If you’ve been looking up the definition of “polarization” to help explain politics in the U.S. and abroad, you’re far from alone.. Merriam-Webster on Monday named its 2024 Word of the ...

Merriam-Webster recently announced its latest slate of additions to the dictionary—some 200 new words and definitions ... A person who gains success or opportunities through familial connections.