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Tell HN: Looks like Quordle is now owned by Merriam-Webster.com

7 points

3 years ago

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Merriam-webster.com showing default apache2 page (merriam-webster.com)

1 point

5 years ago

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Ask HN: Who are the "snake oil salesmen" of tech?

11 points

syndicatedjelly

2 years ago

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Ask HN: What dictionary do you use as your source of truth?

7 points

4 years ago

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Ask HN: Are the people who forced out Brendan Eich bigots?

3 points

12 years ago

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Google's definition of hacker is worse than Merriam-Webster's

3 points

8 years ago

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Ask HN: Most independent programming language?

1 point

11 years ago

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How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) (merriam-webster.com)

650 points

a year ago

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The History of ‘Ampersand’ (2020) (merriam-webster.com)

315 points

4 years ago

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'Dord': A Ghost Word (merriam-webster.com)

245 points

6 years ago

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What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) (merriam-webster.com)

220 points

2 years ago

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Some notes on 'asshat' (2018) (merriam-webster.com)

205 points

4 years ago

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Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt' (merriam-webster.com)

147 points

4 years ago

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How a Mistake Gave Us the Word 'Cherry' (merriam-webster.com)

126 points

9 years ago

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A Perfectly Cromulent Word (2016) (merriam-webster.com)

125 points

5 years ago

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Gaslighting is Word of the Year 2022 (merriam-webster.com)

113 points

4 years ago

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The Bloody History of 'Deadline' (merriam-webster.com)

113 points

2 years ago

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On 'Biweekly' and 'Bimonthly' (merriam-webster.com)

110 points

5 years ago

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'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several' (merriam-webster.com)

108 points

3 years ago

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Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Search Words by First Known Use Date (merriam-webster.com)

95 points

8 years ago

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Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster: Search Words by First Known Use Date (merriam-webster.com)

90 points

4 years ago

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Merriam-Webster's 404 Page (merriam-webster.com)

89 points

2 years ago

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2025 Word of the Year: Slop (merriam-webster.com)

65 points

6 months ago

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Rare and Amusing Insults, Volume 2 (merriam-webster.com)

59 points

2 years ago

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An update of 455 new words (merriam-webster.com)

45 points

5 years ago

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Reverse Logic (unabridged.merriam-webster.com)

40 points

11 years ago

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To Boldly Go: Star Trek and the Split Infinitive (merriam-webster.com)

32 points

4 years ago

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Merriam-Webster Adds 850 new words and definitions (merriam-webster.com)

23 points

8 years ago

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Enshittification (merriam-webster.com)

15 points

10 months ago

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Merriam-Webster Reports 30,500% Spike in Searches for Schadenfreude (merriam-webster.com)

8 points

6 years ago