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language Let's talk about the haunting world of "ghost words" Gareth Branwyn

language Explain something with the thousand most used words in English Rob Beschizza

science fiction New life for the free Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction David Pescovitz

COVID-19 "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn

language Malarkey, schadenfreude, and Merriam-Webster's other Words of the Year David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Dictionary searches for "Schadenfreude" were up 30,500% after Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis Thom Dunn

racism The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has officially changed the definition of "racism." Thom Dunn

language The Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year is… David Pescovitz

language Fun interactive way to see what words were first used in print in a particular year David Pescovitz

Games Sriracha, yowza, and sheeple among 300 new words in Scrabble dictionary David Pescovitz

apple The word "sheeple" is now in the dictionary, with Apple fans as example David Pescovitz

language "Post-truth" is the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year David Pescovitz

books Scrumdiddlyumptious and other Roald Dahlesque words now in the Oxford English Dictionary David Pescovitz

gender Merriam-Webster adds "genderqueer" to dictionary Rob Beschizza

dictionaries Merriam-Webster vs. Dictionary.com Mark Frauenfelder

Grandiloquent Word of the Year 2022 The Grandiloquent Word of the Year for 2022 is "acrasia" Jennifer Sandlin

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