Merriam Webster added 455 new words to the dictionary.
Here are my favorites:
- TBH : an abbreviation for “to be honest.” TBH is frequently used in social media and text messaging.
- because : by reason of : because of — often used in a humorous way to convey vagueness about the exact reasons for something. This preposition use of because is versatile; it can be used, for example, to avoid delving into the overly technical (“the process works because science”) or to dismiss explanation altogether (“they left because reasons”).
- amirite : slang used in writing for “am I right” to represent or imitate the use of this phrase as a tag question in informal speech. An example: “English spelling is consistently inconsistent, amirite?”
- FTW : an abbreviation for “for the win” —used especially to express approval or support. In social media, FTW is often used to acknowledge a clever or funny response to a question or meme.
- deplatform : to remove and ban (a registered user) from a mass communication medium (such as a social networking or blogging website) broadly : to prevent from having or providing a platform to communicate.
- digital nomad : someone who performs their occupation entirely over the Internet while traveling; especially : such a person who has no permanent fixed home address.
- otaku : a person having an intense or obsessive interest especially in the fields of anime and manga —often used before another noun.
- faux-hawk : a hairstyle resembling a Mohawk in having a central ridge of upright hair but with the sides gathered or slicked upward or back instead of shaved.
- dad bod informal : a physique regarded as typical of an average father; especially : one that is slightly overweight and not extremely muscular.
- fluffernutter : a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white sandwich bread.
- horchata : a cold sweetened beverage made from ground rice or almonds and usually flavorings such as cinnamon or vanilla.
- chicharron : a small piece of pork belly or pig skin that is fried and eaten usually as a snack : pork rind also : a piece of food that resembles a chicharron.
- Goetta : meat (such as pork) mixed with oats, onions, and spices and fried in the form of a patty.
- air fryer : an airtight, usually small electrical appliance for quick cooking of foods by means of convection currents circulated rapidly by a fan.
- ghost kitchen : a commercial cooking facility used for the preparation of food consumed off the premises — called also cloud kitchen, dark kitchen.
I do not think I have to tell y’all that “because” is my favorite. Because.
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