Word of the day: Curmudgeon. This term describes someone who complains frequently and dislikes change. Merriam-Webster defines a curmudgeon...

Phrase of the day: The idiom 'bite the bullet' means facing difficult situations bravely. This expression likely originated from battlefiel...

Phrase of the day: The phrase 'break a leg' traditionally wishes performers good luck. This unusual expression is used before important pla...

Phrase of the day: Difficult situations may still contain a positive side, even if it takes time to notice. The phrase "Every cloud has a s...

GoDaddy warns India's crackdown on fake websites could endanger legitimate businesses globally. New court orders mandate releasing buyer de...

According to the dictionary, the rise of AI as well as the worrying trend of deepfakes have made the public more concerned about authentici...

Discover Merriam-Webster's 2023 'Authentic' as the Word of the Year, echoing our quest for truth in a world tangled with AI, celebrity cult...

The word that has topped the list for 2023 is 'authentic.' The word 'authentic' has seen a search spike around the globe. This time around,...

The publishing house has released a list of the most searched words by users in 2022.

The word has been searched every single day of the year.

The word is a compound from the Greek 'o mikron', meaning 'small o'.

At Merriam-Webster, lookups for 'vaccine' increased 601% over 2020.

Pandemic is a combination of “pan,” for all, and “demos,” for people or population.

Kennedy Mitchum contacted the US dictionary to update the term that hadn't changed since 1847.

Feminism is defined as "the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes", according to the dictionary.

In an election year when adjectives, epithets and sobriquets flew thick and fast, reflecting what's on the minds of Americans,"bailout" and...

In an election year when adjectives, epithets and sobriquets flew thick and fast, reflecting what's on the minds of Americans,"bailout" and...