According to Merriam-Webster, for something to be considered a word it must: By that definition, here are the 3 longest words in the English dictionary. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...
Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, told us what criteria a word needs to meet in order to be added to the dictionary.
Merriam-Webster, America's oldest dictionary publisher, has just chosen "gaslighting" as its word of the year. Searches on its website for the word have spiked by 1,740% in 2022, according to the ...