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transphobia Man threatens to bomb dictionary over definition of "woman" Thom Dunn
dictionary 'Fluffernutter' is now an official Merriam-Webster dictionary word Rusty Blazenhoff
COVID-19 "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn
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
dictionary Get a paper dictionary Rob Beschizza
dictionary 'Single-use' edges out 'VAR,' 'floss,' 'gammon,' and 'plogging' as this dictionary's word of the year Rusty Blazenhoff
Culture Learn when a word was first used in print with Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler feature Rusty Blazenhoff
books How do new words get in the dictionary? Andrea James
words Meh, cisgender, jeggings, and other new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary David Pescovitz
books Twerking enters Oxford Dictionary Rob Beschizza
fun If the person who named Walkie-Talkies named other things too Popkin
Daddy I want an Oompah Loompah Elon Musk wants his own "Fordlandia" Jason Weisberger
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HDSF Choose your vacation: Pleasure Planet, Paradise Planet, or Hell Planet Jesse Sheidlower
HDSF What is Thionite? Science fiction's narcotic good stuff Jesse Sheidlower
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star Jesse Sheidlower
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Otherspace: a science-fictional place for when no other space will do Jesse Sheidlower
HDSF Meet the Space Bum, ambiguous stock character of generations of science fiction Jesse Sheidlower
HDSF Cereans live on Ceres (in the future) Jesse Sheidlower