word nerds Let's talk about the haunting world of "ghost words" Gareth Branwyn

explanations Explain something with the thousand most used words in English Rob Beschizza

lexicography New life for the free Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction David Pescovitz

coronacoinages "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn

dictionaries Malarkey, schadenfreude, and Merriam-Webster's other Words of the Year David Pescovitz

trump has coronavirus Dictionary searches for "Schadenfreude" were up 30,500% after Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis Thom Dunn

merriam-webster The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism." Thom Dunn

dictionaries The Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year is… David Pescovitz

dictionaries Fun interactive way to see what words were first used in print in a particular year David Pescovitz

scrabble Sriracha, yowza, and sheeple among 300 new words in Scrabble dictionary David Pescovitz

dictionaries The word "sheeple" is now in the dictionary, with Apple fans as example David Pescovitz

dictionaries "Post-truth" is the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year David Pescovitz

golden ticket Scrumdiddlyumptious and other Roald Dahlesque words now in the Oxford English Dictionary David Pescovitz

merriam-webster Merriam-Webster adds "genderqueer" to dictionary Rob Beschizza

dictionaries Merriam-Webster vs. Dictionary.com Mark Frauenfelder