For the first time in nearly a decade, Scrabble players are going to have some new words on their boards. The fifth edition of the game’s official dictionary includes 5,000 new words, according to ...

Here's official proof that the selfie is here to stay — as of today, if you look up "selfie" in a Merriam-Webster dictionary, you'll find the following definition: "(n., 2002): an image of oneself ...

Merriam-Webster finally entered the digital age Monday, adding a slew of social-media-savvy terms like “selfie,” “hashtag,” and “tweep” to the 2014 update of its collegiate dictionary. The eleventh ...

If you thought it was tough reading through a Shakespeare play back in high school, imagine if he was alive today and you had to explain the terms currently in use, such as "selfie" and "hashtag." The ...

Our days of grappling with the appearance of a red squiggly line underneath the word “selfie” when you type it in Microsoft World are coming to an end. Yes, “selfie” (and about 150 other words) have ...

They are words that all of us have been using for some time now, but now they have been officially recognised as a part of the language. CNET reports that hashtag, selfie and tweep are just three of ...

In another sign that the digital world is permeating society, the Oxford American Dictionary revealed additions to its lexicon last week, adopting the language of texting, tweeting and social ...

It is that time of year again: time to update the dictionary. That means it is also time, now seemingly an annual rite of passage, for the great debate over the demise, or liberation, of the English ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Hashtag triple word ...