SPRINGFIELD, MAFacing intense backlash and scrutiny from critics who say the reference book publisher had failed to take all words into consideration, Merriam-Webster was accused of bias Monday after officially selecting dictionary as its 2025 word of the year. Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias thats preventing it from considering all words equally, lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team, claiming its members had allowed a personal affinity for looking up words to cloud their judgment. I was willing to overlook it last year when their word of the year was definition, but I cant allow myself to turn a blind eye to this. The Merriam-Webster editorial board is stuck in its own media bubble. They need to look around and read a thesaurus once in a while. At press time, reports confirmed Merriam-Webster appeared to have doubled down by changing the 2025 word of the year to dictionaries.The post Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After Dictionary Named Word Of The Year appeared first on The Onion.