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- Is 'Irregardless' a Real Word? https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-irregardless-a-real-word-heh-heh 2 comments
- The History of ‘Ampersand’ (2020) https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-history-of-ampersand 177 comments
- Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Search Words by First Known Use Date https://www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/ 31 comments
- To Boldly Go: Star Trek and the Split Infinitive https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/to-boldly-split-infinitives 5 comments
- A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-cromulent-mean 59 comments
- Why Emacs uses the word yank for paste? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yank 47 comments emacs
- TIL that the term "Future Shock" is used to describe the physical and psychological distress suffered by an individual or group of individuals who are unable to cope with the rapidity of social and technological changes. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/future%20shock 6 comments worldnews
- I recently finished The Count of Monte Cristo. I thought I had a decent vocabulary but wow, this book really challenged me. My Kindle saved a list of the words I looked up: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clew 91 comments books
- Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year 2019 https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year/they 25 comments linguistics
- Alongside the singular 'they', the words 'rhoticity' and '(non)-rhotic' were added to the dictionary this month! https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary 109 comments linguistics
- Jeremy “Dunk Champion” Evans https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary 5 comments nba
- We did it. 'Garbage time' to be added to the dictionary this month. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary 31 comments nba
- Singular 'They': Though singular 'they' is old, 'they' as a nonbinary pronoun is new—and useful https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/singular-nonbinary-they 117 comments linguistics
- Megalomaniac, the perfect adjective for Trump. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megalomania 12 comments politics
- Trump: 'I Am the Least Anti-Semitic Person That You've Ever Seen in Your Entire Life' https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/trump-i-am-the-least-anti-semitic-person-that-youve-ever-seen-in-your-entire-life-20170216 13 comments politics
- Conway: 'Alternative Facts'- Lookups for 'fact' spiked after Kellyanne Conway described false statements as 'alternative facts' https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/conway-alternative-facts-20170122 16 comments politics
- Merriam-Webster sees 120,000% increase in searches for "hombre" after debate http://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/confusion-after-trumps-bad-hombres-comment-led-to-a-spike-in-lookups-for-ombre-20161019 10 comments politics
- 'Aren't I' was considered an error for much of the 20th century. These days, it's widely accepted. What happened? http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/arent-i-or-are-i-not-correct-usage 28 comments linguistics
- Balkanize = "to break up into smaller and often hostile units". If your region/country were to be made into a verb, what would it mean? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balkanize 359 comments europe
- GitHub Game Off II (month-long game jam) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loose%20change 49 comments gamedev
- How to update the dictionary? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-pocket 13 comments linguistics
- According to Miriam-Webster, the two most looked-up words of 2012: Socialism and Capitalism http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/2012words.htm 5 comments politics
- Conservatives accuse Merriam-Webster of liberal bias in the negative connotation of their definition of 'Bane'. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bane 7 comments politics
- Why do dictionaries use different verb forms as the "base" form for different languages? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yoga 6 comments linguistics
- All right, r/linguistics, let's talk "swag." http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swag 61 comments linguistics
- Anthropocentrism: are humans special? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropocentrism 62 comments philosophy
- UK fans causes "Disposition" to trend on Merriam-Webster.com after Billy Donovan uses the word to describe UK and they have to look up the meaning http://www.merriam-webster.com/trend-watch/2012/02/09/ 9 comments sports
- My least favorite word used by the hockey media, just use the word "tough". http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physicality 19 comments hockey
- Literally now means figuratively. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally 189 comments linguistics
- I think I've found my favorite word in the dictionary. What's yours? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schussboomer 3 comments reddit.com
- Merriam-Webster Vocabulary Quiz: What did you get? http://www.merriam-webster.com/quiz/index.htm 7 comments reddit.com
- The word is "whoa" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woah?show=0&t=1303002293 5 comments reddit.com
- Online Math Dictionary? http://www.merriam-webster.com/ 11 comments math
- Sure, you're a grammar nazi, but do you use "comprise" correctly? If you say "comprised of," Merriam-Webster says you may be subject to criticism. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprise 6 comments reddit.com
- In case you were wondering how it's pronounced. http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?sonofa01=son%20of%20a%20bitch 5 comments reddit.com
- Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless 5 comments reddit.com
- I love when dictionaries use the word they are trying to define, in the definition. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pejorative 16 comments reddit.com
- Why are people surprised that Palin is lying in her book? Its title is 'Going Rogue' - 'rogue' is a 'dishonest or worthless person' according to Merriam- Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rogue 20 comments politics
- How do you pronounce George W. Bush? http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?idiot001.wav=george+w.+bush 10 comments reddit.com
- w00t! http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm 96 comments reddit.com