Hackernews posts about Merriam-Webster

1. Everything You'll Ever Need to Know About Semantic Bleaching (www.merriam-webster.com)
   4 points by erehweb 28 days ago | discuss
2. Cromulent (www.merriam-webster.com)
   2 points by kaycebasques 12 days ago | 1 comments
3. Merriam-Webster's 404 Page (www.merriam-webster.com)
   89 points by OmniTroid over 1 year ago | 11 comments
4. Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'authentic' (www.npr.org)
   6 points by jameslk over 1 year ago | 6 comments
5. Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition (text.npr.org)
   4 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 5 comments
6. Word of the Day: Inviolable – Merriam-Webster (www.merriam-webster.com)
   1 points by contact9879 about 1 year ago | discuss
7. Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023 – "Authentic" (www.merriam-webster.com)
   1 points by Brajeshwar over 1 year ago | discuss
8. Ask HN: Who are the "snake oil salesmen" of tech?
   11 points by syndicatedjelly over 1 year ago | 42 comments
9. Rant HN: Dialectics, and how supervision should ask "Why" not show examples
   1 points by noduerme 9 months ago | discuss
10. How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    650 points by Stratoscope 2 months ago | 479 comments
11. What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    220 points by rglullis about 1 year ago | 325 comments
12. The Bloody History of 'Deadline' (www.merriam-webster.com)
    113 points by yamrzou about 1 year ago | 21 comments
13. 'Couple,' 'Few,' and 'Several' (www.merriam-webster.com)
    108 points by cardamomo over 1 year ago | 206 comments
14. Rare and Amusing Insults, Volume 2 (www.merriam-webster.com)
    59 points by vsnf about 1 year ago | 48 comments
15. Cromulent is now officially a perfectly cromulent word (www.merriam-webster.com)
    8 points by cainxinth over 1 year ago | 1 comments
16. The Longest Long Words List (www.merriam-webster.com)
    8 points by mooreds about 1 month ago | discuss
17. The Original Definition of Decimate (www.merriam-webster.com)
    3 points by Tomte 6 months ago | discuss
18. Why Jaywalking Is Called Jaywalking (www.merriam-webster.com)
    3 points by peutetre 7 months ago | discuss
19. Encyclopædia Britannica is eyeing a $1B valuation in its IPO, report says (qz.com)
    3 points by wolverine876 about 1 year ago | discuss
20. Is 'Irregardless' a Real Word? (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by samaysharma over 1 year ago | 2 comments
21. Franchise: Profit from Freedom (Definition) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by gsf_emergency_2 2 months ago | 1 comments
22. We Added 690 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2023 (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by pepys over 1 year ago | 1 comments
23. Slang Dictionary (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by myfonj 2 months ago | discuss
24. Where Did the Definition of 'Tact' Come From? (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by squircle 10 months ago | discuss
25. Where Does the Word 'Mayday' Come From? (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by superjan about 1 year ago | discuss
26. 'Caucus': A Curious American Word (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by eklitzke over 1 year ago | discuss
27. Philistine (Noun) (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by teleforce over 1 year ago | discuss
28. Quordle: Solve 4 Wordles Concurrently (www.merriam-webster.com)
    2 points by morog almost 2 years ago | discuss
29. Quordle: Simplified and Obvious Scoring (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by newmanra over 1 year ago | 1 comments
30. 'Tender' and Its Not-So-Delicate History (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by joebig 7 months ago | discuss
31. The Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic' (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by divbzero 10 months ago | discuss
32. A Drudge of Lexicographers Presents: Collective Nouns (www.merriam-webster.com)
    1 points by clouddrover over 1 year ago | discuss