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New year, new words? The dictionary company seeks help in defining new paths of discourse.
The dictionary had some tough questions -- especially about Vixen, whose name can also mean a sexually attractive woman.
In an age of deepfakes, post-truth and artificial intelligence, the word of the year is authentic.
These words need to be added to the English dictionary pronto!
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Other top-searched words include "oligarch" and "omicron."
'Fauxhawk,' a haircut similar to a Mohawk, is potentially the highest scoring new word allowed in the classic board game.
A man enraged over dictionary definitions of gender terms faces up to five years in prison for threats that caused Merriam-Webster to shut its offices for five days.
The man was accused of posting anti-trans messages and making violent threats in comments under the dictionary websites definition for female.
Lookups for vaccineincreased 601% over 2020. It was also extremely high every day in 2021, the publishing company said.
Merriam-Webster announced the newly added words on its website, saying Just as the language never stops evolving, the dictionary never stops expanding.
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