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A Florida School District Removed Dictionaries from Libraries. Here's Why
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMichael M. Santiago/Getty Images In January 2024, reports emerged that a Florida school district had...
Dictionary.com adds over 300 new words: Here's what deadass, hellscape and petfluencer mean
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe have some new words to describe our hellscape. Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words...
Dictionary.com’s word of the year is a common one. But it doesn’t mean what you think
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe online reference site chose “hallucinate” as its defining word of the year, referring to the...
What's Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoIn an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter...
Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year is 'authentic': Why the word was selected
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn a year where AI, celebrity culture, identity and social media became a center of conversation,...
Kraft Is Petitioning Merriam-Webster to Make This Cringy Word Its Word of the Year
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 6 months ago“Operation Moist" is in full effect. Kevin Hellon / Shutterstock Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary...
Rizz, jorts, mid and thirst trap — Merriam-Webster's latest definitions are Gen Z approved
TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHere’s the long and jort of it: If you had “bingo card” being added to the dictionary in 2023 on...
'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn't 'nibling' made...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA rose by any other name would smell as sweet – but would it sound as sweet? Alicia Llop/Moment via...
Man gets a year in prison for threatening Merriam-Webster employees over their definitions for...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA stock image shows a dictionary's entry for 'Woman.'Getty Images A California man got a year in...
Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoYour convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and...