From dropped words to fake definitions, learn fun facts, hearsay, and scandal about our most useful language resource, and the words that make it up. You might be surprised to learn what the most ...

How do new words like “safe space,” “dogpile,” and “alt-right” make it into the dictionary? Journalist Stefan Fatsis finds ...

iOS 11 and later include a neat built-in dictionary feature that lets you quickly look up the definition of words on your iPhone or iPad, even if an internet connection is unavailable. It's a handy ...

Inside jokes are great, but it can be hard to use your own words and phrases within Android messaging apps. This comes down to the fact that your phone has a built-in dictionary that tries to correct ...

It could be argued that the internet is the best possible medium for dictionaries. For one thing, there’s unlimited space for ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...