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850 New Words in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

posted by mrpg on Tuesday March 13 2018, @03:51AM   
from the at-least-we-don't-use-kanjis dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

The language doesn't take a vacation, and neither does the dictionary. The words we use are constantly changing in big ways and small, and we're here to record those changes. Each word has taken its own path in its own time to become part of our language—to be used frequently enough by some in order to be placed in a reference for all. If you're likely to encounter a word in the wild, whether in the news, a restaurant menu, a tech update, or a Twitter meme, that word belongs in the dictionary.

[...] In recent years, the richest source of these newly adopted foreign-language words has been the world of food-or, perhaps we should say: the food of the world.

[...] The sometimes perplexing domain of digital financial exchanges opens a window into a subject that requires explanation for many of us, hence the detailed definition of cryptocurrency

[...] Health care, both physical and psychological, gives us many new words as well. Neoadjuvant refers to treatment for a disease or condition that is administered before the primary treatment in order to improve the likelihood of a successful outcome

Source: The Dictionary Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger (archive, because "adblocker" is not their favorite word)

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• Re:Age of the Rebel: Traditionalism is Rebellion (Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Tuesday March 13 2018, @04:32AM

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday March 13 2018, @04:32AM (#651681) Journal

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha [wikipedia.org]

  The exact origins of kombucha are not known, although Manchuria is commonly cited as a likely place of origin.[8] It may have originated as recently as 200 years ago or as long as 2000 years ago.[31] The drink is reported to have been consumed in east Russia at least as early as 1900, and from there entered Europe.[26] In 1913, kombucha was first mentioned in German literature.[32] Its consumption increased in the United States during the early 21st century.[31][33] Having an alcohol content of about 0.5%, kombucha is a federally regulated beverage in the United States, a factor that affected its commercial development in 2015.

  And now you can buy it at your local grocery store. Might as well throw it in the dictionary.

  Given that I had to throw in the archive link as this story went live, I'd say Merriam-Webster is an authority on clickbaiting [merriam-webster.com] (added in 2015 [cnn.com]) to generate AdSense dollars using listicles [merriam-webster.com] (2017 [merriam-webster.com]).

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