Merriam-Webster is more than a dictionary in the social media age. Credit: AP Photo/Stephan Savoia Merriam-Webster is way more than a dictionary, it's a social media queen that isn't afraid to say ...

Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," told us that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, and how to use it correctly.

According to Merriam-Webster, for something to be considered a word it must: By that definition, here are the 3 longest words in the English dictionary. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...