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02-08-2017, 10:13 AM
By Leanne Italie
February 7, 2017
Merriam-Webster has added thousands of words to their dictionary each year and 2017's update is a doozy. A few of the more humorous additions are throwing shade, ghost, weak sauce, facepalm and binge-watch. Definition of weak sauce The political realm wasn't left out as truther, FLOTUS and town hall were all added.
NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster.
In addition to elevating “surreal” in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on Tuesday added about 1,000 new words and new definitions to existing listings on its website, Merriam-Webster.com.
Among 17 of the latest disclosed by the company are: “arancini,” those stuffed, breaded and fried Italian rice balls, “conlang,” meaning an invented language like Klingon, “fast fashion” and “micro-aggression,” a flash-point favorite on some college campuses.
The rest? Well, it’s up to language treasure hunters to find those for themselves.
This is the first time the company has freshened up website listings since 2014, when it added entries to a new paper edition of its collegiate book and online at the same time.
• Among the others:
• •Conlang In addition to Klingon, the made-up language of “Star Trek,” Elvish of “The Lord of the Rings” is another famous example.
• •Fast fashion: It’s that thing when manufacturers can quickly bring fashion to market at relatively inexpensive prices, such as the wares sold by H&M, Zara, Topshop and others.
• •Microaggression: “A comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial minority).”
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• Leanne Italie is an Associated Press writer.
February 7, 2017
Merriam-Webster has added thousands of words to their dictionary each year and 2017's update is a doozy. A few of the more humorous additions are throwing shade, ghost, weak sauce, facepalm and binge-watch. Definition of weak sauce The political realm wasn't left out as truther, FLOTUS and town hall were all added.
NEW YORK — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster.
In addition to elevating “surreal” in 2016 to word of the year, the dictionary company on Tuesday added about 1,000 new words and new definitions to existing listings on its website, Merriam-Webster.com.
Among 17 of the latest disclosed by the company are: “arancini,” those stuffed, breaded and fried Italian rice balls, “conlang,” meaning an invented language like Klingon, “fast fashion” and “micro-aggression,” a flash-point favorite on some college campuses.
The rest? Well, it’s up to language treasure hunters to find those for themselves.
This is the first time the company has freshened up website listings since 2014, when it added entries to a new paper edition of its collegiate book and online at the same time.
• Among the others:
• •Conlang In addition to Klingon, the made-up language of “Star Trek,” Elvish of “The Lord of the Rings” is another famous example.
• •Fast fashion: It’s that thing when manufacturers can quickly bring fashion to market at relatively inexpensive prices, such as the wares sold by H&M, Zara, Topshop and others.
• •Microaggression: “A comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial minority).”
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• Leanne Italie is an Associated Press writer.