angry bigots Man who threatened Merriam-Webster over gender definitions sentenced to one year in prison Carla Sinclair

words Is "Goblin Mode" really the Word of the Year, or are we being gaslighted? Thom Dunn

literature "Gaslighting" isn't Merriam-Webster's 2022 word of the year, darling, you're just confused Rob Beschizza

dictionary 'Fluffernutter' is now an official Merriam-Webster dictionary word Rusty Blazenhoff

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

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

Culture Learn when a word was first used in print with Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler feature Rusty Blazenhoff

books How do new words get in the dictionary? Andrea James

gender Merriam-Webster adds "genderqueer" to dictionary Rob Beschizza

websites Fan wikis wanting to escape the Fandom/Wikia sinkhole have a new ally Rob Beschizza

This 1812 Webster's definition of a house cat is insulting to house cats everywhere, even if it may be accurate Allan Rose Hill

black tea Report of Earl Grey tea intoxication in The Lancet (2002) Rob Beschizza

florida Florida school district bans dictionaries Jason Weisberger

halloween Flula Borg hilarious deconstructs that weird "trick or treat, smell my feet" poem Jennifer Sandlin

law Funeral home manager "knew something wasn't right" after receiving decapitated baby from hospital Rob Beschizza

cutlassfish These ribbonfish look like liquid mercury Jennifer Sandlin

Trans Rights A simple handy guide to JK Rowling's transphobia Jason Weisberger

social media Tik Tok clips bring us closer to Altered Carbon-style"mindbites" Andrew Yi

linguistics Irish Goodbye = French Leave = English Departure = Polish Goodbye = Dutch Leave Andrew Yi