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10 surprising words that have been added to the dictionary this year
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA stack of dictionaries.WIN-Initiative/Neleman via Getty Images The Oxford English Dictionary and...
23 new gender and sexuality terms added to the dictionary in 2022
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlyssa Powell/Insider In 2022, Dictionary.com and the Oxford English Dictionary added 23 words to...
'Girl dinner,' 'bussin' and 'the ick': More than 300 new entries added to Dictionary.com
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt may have started off as a video that exploded into a meme, but "girl dinner" is now one of more...
Merriam-Webster dictionary adds 690 new words including padawan, ’grammable and kayfabe
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMerriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary-publishing company in America and Friday was a day of...
What's the Definition of 'Chef's Kiss?' Merriam-Webster Has the Answer
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“Make me a smashburger, cheffy!” Waqar Hussain / Getty Images It’s that time of year again when the...
10 Words Added To First Oxford Dictionary Of African American English
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
Rizz, jorts, mid and thirst trap — Merriam-Webster's latest definitions are Gen Z approved
TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHere’s the long and jort of it: If you had “bingo card” being added to the dictionary in 2023 on...
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the...
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are...
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSince Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never...
Why dictionary.com's word of the year is "hallucinate"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhile most people might think of hallucinating as something that afflicts the human brain,...