Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and the author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," took four months to define the word "god." Following is a transcript of the video.

Consider how many arguments you have had, only to discover deep into it that the disagreement was based entirely on a misunderstanding. In Germany, for example, when I was pregnant, I went shopping ...

What do you mean when you say “God”? It seems strange to ask that question. We all know what God is, don’t we? A simple question like “Do you believe in God?” will usually get a yes or no answer.

I remember from early in grade school learning catechism and learning the definition of God: God is three persons in one God. Probably all of you (at least many of you) remember learning the same ...

Before the recent fight over the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, Americans were in conflict over mounting the Ten Commandments in publicly owned places. The God of the pledge and the ...