Dictionaries reward you for paying attention, both to the things you consume and to your own curiosity. By Rachel del Valle I can’t remember how old I was when I first learned the words denotation ...

I don’t like it. But the editor of a dictionary has to examine the evidence for a word’s existence and seek it in context to get, as clearly and closely as he can, the exact meaning that it conveys to ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

Learn how Python's dictionary data structure works as a powerful and versatile way to store and retrieve objects and data in your applications. Programming languages all come with a variety of data ...

If your Web site (or a portion of it) requires a user to login and be authenticated, then the odds are good that a hacker has tried to break into it. Here’s why: Hackers are well aware that anything ...

The dictionary is gaslighting me. I know I sound crazy, but that’s just proof of gaslighting, right? Let me explain. For years I’ve been telling people that they never have to agonize over whether to ...