Merriam-Webster Adds 370 New Words to Dictionary
From a Merriam-Webster Post:
The dictionary chronicles how the language grows and changes, which means new words and definitions must continually be added. When many people use a word in the same way, over a long enough period of time, that word becomes eligible for inclusion.
Words Added in This Update (September 2022) Include:
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