A Q&A with Kory Stamper, an editor at Merriam-Webster and author of ’Word By Word,’ on profanity, and the politics of language Kory Stamper, an editor at Merriam-Webster and one of the dictionary ...

The great lexicographers understood that a worthy dictionary was descriptive, not prescriptive. It would simply record what we’ve already agreed upon socially You can save this article by registering ...

The first dictionaries of the country's myriad ethnic languages without native written forms are rolling off the presses. As the foundations of the Middle Kingdom's Tower of Babel weaken, the ...

Sharjah announces unique project at Arabic Language and Cultural festival in Milan Milan: Sharjah will undertake a first-of-its-kind project in compiling the ‘Historical Dictionary of the Arabic ...

Leading online reference announces more than 15,000 changes, intended to foreground people over clinical language Dictionary.com is making major changes to more than 15,000 of its definitions, from ...