Hackernews posts about Merriam-Webster

  1. Merriam-Webster's human editors have chosen 'slop' as the 2025 Word of the Year (bsky.app)
    6 points by choult 17 days ago | 1 comments
  2. Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year is 'slop' (www.theverge.com)
    4 points by poniko 17 days ago | 3 comments
  3. Merriam-Webster: LLM [video] (www.youtube.com)
    4 points by cdrnsf 3 days ago | discuss
  4. Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year is 'slop' (apnews.com)
    3 points by gk1 17 days ago | 1 comments
  5. "Slop" to the top: Merriam-Webster's word of the year is here (www.axios.com)
    3 points by doener 17 days ago | 1 comments
  6. Merriam-Webster Word of the Year 2025: Slop (apnews.com)
    2 points by karakoram 15 days ago | 1 comments
  7. 2025 Word of the Year: Slop (www.merriam-webster.com)
    65 points by djoldman 18 days ago | 12 comments
  8. Merriam-Webster banks on "actual intelligence" over artificial intelligence (www.marketplace.org)
    11 points by Geekette about 2 months ago | discuss
  9. Merriam-Webster and Unstructured Data Processing (www.georgeho.org)
    6 points by mpcsb about 2 months ago | 1 comments
  10. Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition (text.npr.org)
    4 points by rntn almost 2 years ago | 5 comments
  11. Merriam-Webster: Our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25 (bsky.app)
    3 points by anotherevan 3 months ago | discuss
  12. Enshittification Slang Meaning – Merriam-Webster (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by SlackingOff123 4 months ago | discuss
  13. Word of the Day: Inviolable – Merriam-Webster (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by contact9879 over 1 year ago | discuss
  14. Ask HN: Who are the "snake oil salesmen" of tech?
    11 points by syndicatedjelly almost 2 years ago | 42 comments
  15. Rant HN: Dialectics, and how supervision should ask "Why" not show examples
    1 points by noduerme over 1 year ago | discuss
  16. How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    650 points by Stratoscope 9 months ago | 479 comments
  17. What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    220 points by rglullis over 1 year ago | 325 comments
  18. The Bloody History of 'Deadline' (www.merriam-webster.com)
    113 points by yamrzou over 1 year ago | 21 comments
  19. Rare and Amusing Insults, Volume 2 (www.merriam-webster.com)
    59 points by vsnf over 1 year ago | 48 comments
  20. Enshittification (www.merriam-webster.com)
    15 points by doener 5 months ago | 6 comments
  21. The Longest Long Words List (www.merriam-webster.com)
    8 points by mooreds 8 months ago | discuss
  22. We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model (twitter.com)
    5 points by askl 3 months ago | discuss
  23. Everything You'll Ever Need to Know About Semantic Bleaching (www.merriam-webster.com)
    4 points by erehweb 8 months ago | discuss
  24. 'Luxury' Originally Meant 'Lust' (www.merriam-webster.com)
    3 points by axiologist 5 months ago | 1 comments
  25. Jawboning (www.merriam-webster.com)
    3 points by rolph 4 months ago | discuss
  26. The Original Definition of Decimate (www.merriam-webster.com)
    3 points by Tomte about 1 year ago | discuss
  27. Why Jaywalking Is Called Jaywalking (www.merriam-webster.com)
    3 points by peutetre about 1 year ago | discuss
  28. Encyclopædia Britannica is eyeing a $1B valuation in its IPO, report says (qz.com)
    3 points by wolverine876 almost 2 years ago | discuss
  29. Is 'Irregardless' a Real Word? (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by samaysharma almost 2 years ago | 2 comments
  30. Cromulent (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by kaycebasques 7 months ago | 1 comments
  31. Franchise: Profit from Freedom (Definition) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by gsf_emergency_2 9 months ago | 1 comments
  32. Slang Dictionary (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by myfonj 9 months ago | discuss
  33. Where Did the Definition of 'Tact' Come From? (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by squircle over 1 year ago | discuss
  34. Where Does the Word 'Mayday' Come From? (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by superjan almost 2 years ago | discuss
  35. 'Caucus': A Curious American Word (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by eklitzke almost 2 years ago | discuss
  36. Philistine (Noun) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by teleforce almost 2 years ago | discuss
  37. 'Tender' and Its Not-So-Delicate History (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by joebig about 1 year ago | discuss