I get to the bottom of words on the top of our minds. Etymology at the intersection of news, life, and everyday language.
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'Girl dinner,' 'bussin' and 'the ick': More than 300 new entries added to Dictionary.com usatoday.com/story/news/nati…
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Dictionary.com added new 2024 words including bed rotting, girl dinner, barbiecore, and mid
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Tthe variety is real: greedflation, fire tornado, girl dinner, climate breakdown, skiplagging, bed rotting, Barbiecore, range anxiety, keto flu, slow fashion, shacket, and many more. Find out which words have been added to Dictionary.com.
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The pace of language change is as rapid as it has ever been. Our lexicographers are updating the dictionary more frequently than ever, documenting words across the vast spectrum of the always-evolving English language.
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Prepare to haunt and be haunted. It’s time for Dictionary.com’s spooky writing contest, #HauntingHooks: Haunted House Edition! The winning entry will be chosen by none other than guest judge @RL_Stine and announced on Halloween! contest.dictionary.com/haunt…
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ICYMI: @word_chat, hosted by @EditorMark, had its annual Word of the Year extravaganza, featuring @raciolinguistic & me from @americandialect, @PeterSokolowski from @MerriamWebster, @mashedradish from @Dictionarycom, @GrammarGirl, @lynneguist + many more! youtube.com/watch?v=oz5Vix1F…
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We've got @bgzimmer of @americandialect, @PeterSokolowski of @MerriamWebster, @mashedradish of @Dictionarycom, @La_Ladybug of @OED, Wendalyn Nichols of @CambridgeWords, @RWTHistory of @ozworders, and @lynneguist of Separated by a Common Language. It's a full house! #ThatWordChat
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Live at noon on AOI:
-Kenneth Branagh chats @BelfastMovie🎞️
-Listening Party: @terracemartin's DRONES
-@Lilfilm and @SimonRex on @redrocketmovie
-@mashedradish on @Dictionarycom's 2021 word of the year
-Watch Party Preview: @yenbakas talks Succession ahead of the season finale📺
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The latest episode of #ThatWordChat, hosted by @EditorMark, was all about Words of the Year. I talked about @americandialect's selections, along with @PeterSokolowski/@MerriamWebster,
@kconnormartin/@OxLanguages and @mashedradish/@Dictionarycom. #WOTY2020 youtu.be/4eMXPMxW7AY
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Only a day left to sign up for our lexicographers' party edition of #ThatWordChat. We'll be chatting with @bgzimmer, @PeterSokolowski, @mashedradish & @kconnormartin. Sign up now: bit.ly/ThatWordChat #amediting #WritingCommunity #WordNerd
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We're so excited for our first show of 2021! We'll be chatting about all things #WOTY with @bgzimmer, @PeterSokolowski, @mashedradish & @kconnormartin. We expect this one to sell out, so sign up now @ bit.ly/ThatWordChat #amediting #WritingCommunity #WordNerd
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Dictionary.com is coming to @SXSW 2021, and we need your help!
Voting for panels is now open, and we've proposed 2 panels. The panels with the most votes will become part of SXSW. But hurry, as voting ends November 20th!
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NBC News confirms: 120,048 new COVID cases in the U.S. today, the first time cases have crossed the 120,000 mark for single-day cases.
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Why COVID and not nCoV or SARS-CoV-2? Our own @mashedradish explains the name to @slate's @heathertwit.
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It's not too late to sign up for today's show with @Dictionarycom's @mashedradish & @paws2rescu. Go to bit.ly/ThatWordChat and sign up NOW. #ThatWordChat #amediting #WordNerd #WritingCommunity
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How has #COVID19 changed our language? Senior editor @mashedradish dropped in at @TheListShowTV to explain.
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As @mashedradish put it, “zoonosis” used to be a word a genius Scrabble player might have played. "Now we’re all familiar that it means spreading from an animal to a human, a la coronavirus.
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‘Zoonosis is a word that if you once played in Scrabble you were some kind of genius.’ — @mashedradish, our senior research editor spoke with @latimes
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