Today marks the 256th birthday of Noah Webster, who was born on Oct. 16, 1758. This is a man who really needs no introduction, but if I must explain, he published A Compendious Dictionary of the ...
One morning in 2001, Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster, arrived at work and was given a single word: “take.” She set to work hunting down examples of where the verb form of the word ...
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