A longtime journalist who lives in AU Park, Fatsis is best known for his book Word Freak, about the world of competitive ...

Debate in the courts over the legality of Trump's deployment of troops to U.S. cities has centered on the definition of the ...

Many phones include simple games for the user to pass the time. The games referred to here are ones preinstalled on the phone and do not require a wireless connection to play. With mobile phones ...

Dictionary.com crowned “67” as the 2025 word of the year, though admits it has no real definition. (Chris Delmas | AFP via ...

A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America’ by Beth Macy. Beth Macy’s characterization of life today in her Ohio ...

The word “erudite” is an adjective that means having or showing great knowledge or learning. The word “erudite” is pronounced ...

In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores what words make the official grade. By Dan Piepenbring Dan Piepenbring is the co-author of “Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the ...

Unabridged” by Stefan Fatsis is a lively history of dictionaries that also looks at how they reflect and ratify changes in our language.

On Nov. 18th, Merriam-Webster is releasing their 12th edition Collegiate Dictionary, calling it their own “large language ...

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Word of the Year 2025, reflecting how online slang, memes, and numbers reshape language faster than ever in the digital age., ...