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'Slop' is Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year

December 17, 2025

Literature

'Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's 2024 Word of the Year

December 10, 2024

Literature

'Authentic' is Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year

November 28, 2023

Internet

'Beast mode,' 'simp,' 'quiet quit' among 690 new words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary

September 29, 2023

News

No lies here: 'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's 2022 Word of the Year

November 29, 2022

Games

Scrabble stans, yeehaw! Dictionary adds 500 new entries

November 18, 2022

Technology

NFT-ception: Merriam-Webster’s definition of ‘NFT’ is being sold as an NFT

May 13, 2021