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Allyship is Dictionary

Merriam-Webster added new words to their dictionary’s offering.

Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary

I recently turned 30, which is good because I no longer care about my dwindling friend circle. But it’s also bad because I’m old enough to still think updates to dictionaries are a relevant way to gauge cultural change. So, as a — sigh — elder millennial, I felt a gut punch when I realized I do not know a…

“Long haul,” “long hauler” and “long Covid” were all newly defined this summer.

A few of the words we’re happy to see added to Dictionary.com are ‘finna,’ ‘chile’ and antiracism.

Merriam-Webster has named the pronoun “they” its 2019 word of the year. The word and its emergence as a nonbinary alternative to “he” and “she” experienced a 313 percent increase in look-ups on Merriam-Webster.com. Editor at large Peter Sokolowski says he was surprised by the data but the word has been the subject of a lot of talk this year.