On Tuesday, more than 1,000 words were added to the dictionary. Words such ad “binge-watching TV”, “face-palm”, and “photobomb” have been given official definitions.
🎉🎊We just added more than 1,000 new words to the dictionary!🎉🎊 https://t.co/NhvqlXkHaP
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) February 7, 2017
Here are a few of our favorites. Click the word for it’s definition.
1. Ghost (verb)
3. Snollygoster
4. Throw shade
6. Conlang
7. Seussian
8. Fast fashion
10. Woo-woo
11. bokeh
12. elderflower
13. ginger
14. microaggression
15. mumblecore
16. pareidolia
17. ping
18. safe space
19. wayback
20. wayback machine
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