is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Merriam-Webster has had, in its own words, a bit of a growth spurt, adding a clutch of new words to its ...

Skrilla's viral hit "Doot Doot" has earned recognition from Dictionary.com after the website named the bizarre "6-7" meme its word of the year. Every year, the publication names its word of the year ...

Apparently May is the month when every dictionary ever updates itself, because hot on the tail of Dictionary.com and the Scrabble dictionary, we have good ol' Merriam-Webster. The classic dictionary's ...

Next time a less-than-tech-savvy relative asks what does “WTF” mean, no need to figure out how not to curse in front of your elders. Instead, just kindly point them to the dictionary. Merriam-Webster ...