The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Merriam-Webster has named “slop” its word of the year for 2025, a term that has evolved from ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally ...

A lake in Massachusetts nearly claimed a rare language honor. Merriam-Webster named "slop" as its word of the year for 2025 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend. NASA said ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including ...

Merriam-Webster has unveiled a significant update to one of its most popular dictionaries, introducing more than 5,000 new words in its first hard-copy revision in over two decades. The 12th edition ...