The quest to define and canonize new words in American English is as old as the country itself. In the new book "Unabridged: ...
Do you remember your very first lie? A small one, perhaps, to avoid punishment at home. And the most recent lie? That one is ...
For the first time in more than 20 years, Merriam-Webster is out with a new edition of its Collegiate Dictionary. The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds.