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Linguistics Have Officially Dubbed ‘-Ussy’ as Word of the Year
The evolution of language on the Internet is truly a fascinating one, and future linguists will be shaking their head at the American Dialect Society’s choice for 2022 word of the year: “-ussy.”
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Cringe: Merriam-Webster Added a Bunch of Internet Slang to the Dictionary
If the lexicon of the modern day Internet has left you scratching your head, don’t fret, Internet culture evolves at a breakneck speed, with apps like TikTok and platforms like Twitter serving as petri dishes for the next handful of buzzwords. Merriam-Webster is trying its best to recognise this, and is officially adding some Internet…
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Man Allegedly Threatened to Shoot Up and Bomb Merriam-Webster’s HQ Over the Definition of ‘Girl’
A man allegedly threatened to bomb the headquarters of the Merriam-Webster dictionary and gun down employees over the reference book’s definitions of “woman,” “girl,” and “female,” which he believed were “part of the Left’s efforts to corrupt and degrade the English language.”
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‘FTW’ and ‘TBH’ Are Now Officially Words
Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its dictionary, giving you tonnes of new phrases to whip out and use (if you don’t already).