Back in September, the Merriam-Webster dictionary added a new definition of the word "they," including its use "to refer to a single person whose gender identity is non-binary." And now, "they" has ...

It’s official — the 2019 word of the year is “climate emergency,” according to Oxford Dictionaries. In an indication of the phrase’s cultural impact, the organization said “climate emergency” was once ...

Merriam Webster released its top-searched for words during the 2019 year and here’s what searchers most commonly looked up. In more recent times, they has also been used to refer to one person whose ...

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GULSTAN: HOW DID THAT GET THROUGH? WELL, MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY ANNOUNCING WORDS OF THE YEAR. ARE YOU READY? THE NUMBER ONE WORD, THE PERSONAL PRONOUN "THEY." THERE HAS BEEN A 313% INCREASE IN ...

Locker is a contributor for TIME. Locker is a contributor for TIME. Merriam-Webster announced Tuesday that it has chosen “they” as the 2019 word of the year. The singular “they” is a pronoun used to ...

NEW YORK — The word ‘they,’ which was officially added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a nonbinary pronoun in September, has been named the word of the year for 2019. Peter Sokolowski, a ...