SPRINGFIELD -- Merriam-Webster, the Springfield-based dictionary company, has been around for nearly 200 years and in that time has been lauded in all sorts of ways. Here's a new one: social media ...

Was 2016 a dream or a nightmare? Try something in between: "surreal," which is Merriam-Webster's word of the year, unveiled Monday. Meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream," or ...

While the word typically sees a high volume of lookups, 2023 saw a substantial increase in that search volume, something the dictionary attributes to AI, celebrity culture, identity, and social media ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- The Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster company, best known for its dictionaries, came out of nowhere on Wednesday with the best Twitter burn of the day. It all started when the Colts ...