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<strong>This was crowned 2024’s word of the year — and you probably won't be surprised</strong>
November 1, 2024 | 9:45amThe word nerds called the term 🐬"a cultural phenomenon that has resonated with people globally."
Trendy Gen Z slang added to Merriam-Webster dictionary: From 'FYP' to 'touch grass' — here’s what they all mean
October 2, 2024 | 10:13amBrush up on Gen Z's fಌavorite buzzwords because they've officially entered our lexicon.
Scrabble adds Gen Z slang 'yeet,' 'grammable' and more to game
August 15, 2024 | 11:52amThis ain't your grandma's board game, "amirite"? 🐬
Gen Z slang 'the ick,' 'boop' and 5 other words added to Cambridge Dictionary
July 30, 2024 | 10:00amBoop! The dಌictionary has more words now — though some might give you the ick.
Gen Zers are making up their own language with secret 'friend dictionaries'
May 28, 2024 | 12:09pmTranslating Gen Z linꦐgo just got that much 💎harder.
These are the most loved — an𝄹d most hated — slang words in NYC
February 29, 2024 | 12:14pm⛄ New York City is the trendsetter for food, fashion and slang words — but sometimes tꦫhe choices are so cringe.
Gen Z slang invades Dictionary.com for another year: 'Bed rotting,' 'girl dinner,' 'boobne' and more
February 15, 2024 | 5:17pmThe word-defining platform recently announced it would be adding numerous terms to help lovers of the English language "span the 🐭galaxy of modern life."
What’s Merriam-Webster’s word of the🐻 year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
November 27, 2023 | 7:19amIn an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as ♛artifi🌟cial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.”
Merriam-Webster embiggened by addition of 690 cromulent new words — 'Simpsons' fans rejoice
September 29, 2023 | 2:35pmD'oh!
Dictionary.com adds 500 words — 'nepo baby' and 'crypto-fascism' make cut
September 6, 2023 | 9:32pmThe outlet also updated entires to replace binary-gendere🐠d phrases like "he," "her," "his" and "she" with "they," "their," or other similar words to be more inclusive. ꦕ
Jupiter in Taurus 2023:🉐 The luckiest astrological shift of the year
May 16, 2023 | 3:22pm🐷 Praise be and bulls rejoice. We are cashing in on the good vibes as luck dealing, belt loosening, makꦯe it a double, drive it like you stole it planet Jupiter...
California man who made threats against Merriam-Webster over 'gender identity' gets 1 year in prison
April 15, 2023 | 6:03pmJeremy Hanson, who was arrested for threatening publisher Merriam-Webster over its gender-inclusive defꦺinitions, was sentenced to a year in prison.
💙Tinder launches dating dictionary to decode Gen Z language for older singles
March 6, 2023 | 1:13pm꧃ Tinder has released a handy guide after research showed 62 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds feel they speak a very different language than older singles.
'Petfluencer' among hundreds of new words added to Dictionary.com
February 28, 2023 | 7:43pmThe digital lexi♚con added 313 new words in an attempt to stay on top of relevant slang terms in the zeitgeist.
CEO accuses dictionary publishers of 'sexism,' 'ageism' in definitions of 'beauty'
January 30, 2023 | 11:30am“Seen through the lens of today’s society and values, the ဣdefinition of beaut🧜y hasn’t aged well."
Banished words list for 2023 revealed — did your favorite term make the cut? 🗹
January 3, 2023 | 3:11pm♛ “Words and terms matter. Or at least they should,” said Peter Szatmary, executive director of marketing and communications at Lake Superior State University.
Dictionary redefining 'man' and 'woman' is what happens when you reject reality for one group's fantasy
December 14, 2022 | 9:50pmCambridge Dictionary has just revised i�💟�ts definitions of “man” and “woman."
Dictionary goes woke, changes definition of 'man' and 'woman'
December 13, 2022 | 9:53amThe definition of woman, which previously represented the longstanding view on sex, now states that a woman is "an adult wꦓho lives and identifies as female though they may have...
Oxford dictionary reveals 'lazy' 2022 word of the year
December 5, 2022 | 3:48pmOxfor🏅d opened up the word of the year selection to an online vote for the first time. The result? Goblin mode makes history.
Merriam-Webster adds 'pumpkin spice' and 'yeet' to dictionary
September 10, 2022 | 5:38pmMerꦫriam-Webster said it added 370 new words and phrases to its dictionary this month, many of them terms that dominate t🐠oday’s linguistic zeitgeist.