Merriam-Webster has had, in its own words, a bit of a growth spurt, adding a clutch of new words to its unabridged dictionary. These include some genuinely great entries (“colossal squid” is the ...

Merriam-Webster recently announced the addition of more than 1,700 entries to its dictionary, including words such as "meme" and "photobomb." Many of the new additions reflect trends in technology and ...

What are word origins and definition? The word “meme” (/miːm/) comes from the ancient Greek word “mīmēma” which means “that is limited”. In 1976, biologist Richard Dawkins used for the first time in ...