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Next time a less-than-tech-savvy relative asks what does “WTF” mean, no need to figure out how not to curse in front of your elders. Instead, just kindly point them to the dictionary. Merriam-Webster ...

Have you ever struggled to define exactly what WTF means when awkwardly responding to a curious grandparent? Well, flounder no longer. That acronym, along with about 1,700 new entries, have just been ...

Merriam-Webster has given the final seal of approval to over 1,700 words most of us have been using for years by adding them to the official unabridged American dictionary. The terms skew toward ...

"Emoji", "NSFW", "clickbait", "photobomb", "net neutrality" and "WTF" have been added to the Merriam-Webster's unabridged dictionary. These new entries, as reported ...

The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary just added 1,700 entries, and while some terms are easily recognized, some are so niche you'll need a dictionary to find their meaning. Some, meanwhile, are ...

WTF, NSFW, jegging, photobomb, macaron, meme, clickbait, emoji, and others have finally graduated from theoretical to actual thanks to Merriam-Webster. Citing a "growth spurt," Merriam-Webster ...

It’s official: WTF is in the dictionary. It’s short for an informal phrase that starts with “what the …” and is “used especially to express or describe outraged surprise, recklessness, confusion, or ...

It's official: WTF is in the dictionary. It's short for an informal phrase that starts with "what the ..." and is "used especially to express or describe outraged surprise, recklessness, confusion, or ...