The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

Dictionaries are deceptively simple, and incredibly ambitious. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Stefan Fatsis about his book, "Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) The Modern Dictionary." ...

The words we say can influence how others receive our message and how they perceive us. Author Stefan Fatsis explores the ...

In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores how words become enshrined in the dictionary and whether the book maker can keep up with the evolution of language.

A critic faulted Webster’s Third in the 1960s for its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms.” Similar complaints abound in the internet age.

Exclusive: After two decades of transformations, Queer Eye co-creator David Collins discusses the Fab Five’s final journey to ...

A ribbon-cutting was held on Thursday morning at the Noah Webster House and Museum in West Hartford to celebrate a new makeover. The exterior of the 278-year-old ...

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By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, PEN America had recorded 10,046 instances of book bans, with over 4,000 unique ...

The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary debuted in 1888; it was missing the word “bondmaid.” It took 50 years to include it.