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'Zaddy' among more than 300 words added to Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com added more than 300 new words as 2020 reshaped and expanded our vocabulary.
Artist on mission to change Indonesia's misogynistic dictionary entry for 'woman'
Hussy, mistress, whore, evil woman - these are just some of the nine example compound words that artist Ika Vantiani was shocked to find listed under the entry for ‘woman’...
Oxford English Dictionary couldn't pick just one ‘word of the year’ for 2020
They call this year's report "Words of an Unprecedented Year."
'Lockdown' named word the year by Collins Dictionary
The coronavirus pandemic has officially defined 2020. UK-based Collins Dictionary has announced “lockdown” as its word of the year, with other pandemic related words close behind. Defined as “the imposition...
Merriam-Webster lists 'sexual preference' as 'offensive' after SCOTUS spat
Merriam-Webster dictionary has changed "sexual preference" to be an "offensive" term -- after Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was accused of being "anti-LGBTQ" for saying it. Barrett was attacked...
Merriam-Webster will update 'racism' definition after request
Merriam-Webster Dictionary will be updating its definition of the word "racism" after a complaint from one Missouri woman, reports said on Tuesday. Kennedy Mitchum, 22, led the charge for the...
Dictionary.com updates definitions, adds new words explaining COVID-19 outbreak
The coronavirus pandemic is dominating and impacting daily life around the world, prompting Dictionary.com to update its glossary and add new terms that are more relevant than ever amid the...
To 'Meghan Markle' is now a verb
The quasi-royal name is now being used as a verb that means to take care of your mental health.
Merriam-Webster names 'they' 2019 Word of the Year
NEW YORK — A common but increasingly mighty and very busy little word, “they,” has an accolade all its own. The language mavens at Merriam-Webster have declared the personal pronoun...
`Existential’ named word of the year
NEW YORK — Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel “existential” to Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The...
Collins Dictionary declares 'climate strike' 2019 word of the year
UK-based Collins Dictionary has declared “climate strike” as its word (in this case, words) of the year, after noticing a hundredfold increase in its use in 2019. “Climate strike” is...
Merriam-Webster adds 530 new terms from 'deep state' to 'dad joke'
The dictionary's editors announced that they have added more than 530 words to its pages in September, as well as 4,000 definitions, etymology and pronunciation revisions.
Swole just one of over 600 words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary
BOSTON — Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put...
New words ‘welp,’ ‘JOMO’ and 'whitelash' added to the dictionary
It’s time to dust off the dictionary. Online database Dictionary.com is adding more than 300 new entries, many of them slang and informal, to their trove of words and phrases....
Dictionary.com picks 'misinformation' as Word of the Year, cites Trump
Dictionary.com pulled no punches with its "2018 Word of the Year." The site chose the word "misinformation" — which it defined as "false information that is spread, regardless of whether there...
Word invented by 'The Simpsons' added to the dictionary
Before the apparent word “embiggen” made its way into Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary this week, it was featured on “The Simpsons” — where the word was seemingly created 22 years ago. Embiggen,...
Dictionary.com chooses its word of the year
Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word "complicit" as Dictionary.com's word of the year for 2017. Look-ups of the...
Why making a dictionary in 2017 totally sucks
Putting together a dictionary is hard. Or if you prefer, difficile or Augean. It’s one of those indispensable elements of civilization that many of us take for granted, like electricity....
Democrats' love for ObamaCare and other notable comments
From the right: Why Dems Suddenly Love ObamaCare It’s “hard to begrudge Democrats a little self-satisfaction as they watch Republicans struggle to overhaul” ObamaCare, admits Noah Rothman at Commentary. In...
'Conlang,' 'microaggression' among Merriam-Webster's new words
NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. In addition to elevating "surreal" in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on...