Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.

What word has the biggest disconnect between spelling and pronunciation?

Asking for our friend, Siobhan.

brb calling an emergency meeting

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘forfend.’
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May was named after Maia, a Roman fertility goddess.

Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are nouns when you stress the first syllable but verbs when you stress the second.

'Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”

i.e. = that is
e.g. = for example

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘cohesive.’
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The #WordOfTheDay is ‘demagogue.’
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We will use Merriam-Webster as our primary dictionary as of May 29.
We invited Merriam-Webster editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski to join the AP Stylebook Workshop to talk about how a dictionary is different from a stylebook and why you need both. Don't miss it!…