Kennedy Mitchum, 22, said the dictionary definition needed to be expanded to include systemic racism. The dictionary’s editors agreed. By Christine Hauser Merriam-Webster is revising its entry on ...

Dictionary.com recently unveiled its Summer Word Drop of new words that have been added to the online dictionary. And the new entries included three medical terms, five climate change and warm weather ...

Jez Burrows was looking for the simple definition of a simple word: “study.” The New Oxford American Dictionary had said simple definition, but Burrows was immediately drawn to the word’s more ...

SINGAPORE: When the Cambridge Dictionary announced its latest entries, which included “skibidi” and “delulu”, the internet had a good laugh. A respectable institution bowing to viral memes and TikTok ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. It’s spring, and a young lexicographer’s fancy turns to … love of new words. Many dictionaries update online periodically ...