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Happy #DictionaryDay! Today we honor the AP Stylebook's official dictionary, Webster's New World College Dictionary (no relation to Merriam-Webster). AP style: Use the first spelling in Webster's New World College Dictionary unless the Stylebook lists a specific exception. (1/6)

If Webster's New World College Dictionary provides different spellings in separate entries (tee shirt and T-shirt, for example), use the spelling that is followed by a full definition (T-shirt). #DictionaryDay (2/6)

If Webster's New World College Dictionary provides definitions under two spellings for the same sense of a word, either use is acceptable. #DictionaryDay (3/6)

Fun facts: The first edition of Webster's New World College Dictionary was published in 1953. The second edition, in 1970, was the first dictionary to identify Americanisms – terms and usages that first appeared in the U.S. or that were coined by Americans. #DictionaryDay 4/6)

We also consult the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, and Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language (published by Merriam-Webster). (Oxford comma added for clarity.) #DictionaryDay (5/6)

Stylebook Online subscribers have the option to add Webster’s New World College Dictionary entries. Seeing the results in one place is helpful in cases when the AP Stylebook is silent because we’re deferring to a Webster’s New World entry we agree with. #DictionaryDay (6/6)