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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jawn has officially made the history books, as the all-purpose Philadelphia slang was added to a leading online dictionary this week. Dictionary.com entered jawn into its lexicon on Wednesday, as part ...

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 ...