How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
Comedian ISMO on the complexities of the word 'tip'
Why don't they call it the Merriam-Webster comma?
'Poets laureate'? 'Court-martials'? The curious history of postpositive adjectives in English.
Is there one standard way?
What our editors are looking for when they enter words in Merriam-Webster.
The awkward case of 'his or her'