Boston Herald

Hard pass. Cold brew. Dad bod. Merriam-Webster adds over 5,000 words to ‘Collegiate’ dictionary

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...
NBC New York

‘Rizz' and ‘dad bod' among new words in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new ...
Yahoo

Merriam-Webster adds more than 5,000 new words to dictionary, including 'dad bod' and 'rizz'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the 21st century's newest English words, including "rizz," "dad bod," and "photobomb," have been added to the latest ...
New York Post

Trendy Gen Z slang added to Merriam-Webster dictionary: From ‘FYP’ to ‘touch grass’ — here’s what they all mean

Brush up on Gen Z’s favorite buzzwords because they’ve officially entered our lexicon. Merriam-Webster has revealed the 200 new words they’ve added to the dictionary’s 2024 edition, including several ...
Business Insider

Merriam-Webster added 455 new words to the dictionary, here are the oddest ones

Logophile's rejoiced this week as Merriam-Webster added 455 new words to its dictionary...."because." Words like air fryer, dad bod, deplatform, fluffernutter, and FTW were among additions to the ...
CNN

‘They’ named as Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year

The nonbinary pronoun “they” has been named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. The American English dictionary revealed that searches for the term have risen by 313% in the last year. The definition ...