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I SAID
GASLIGHT
GATEKEEP
GOBLIN MODE
#word of the year#oxford university press or whatever really was so dumb for how they chose the and then didnt even get the definition#qquite right#anyway#goblin mode#merriamwebster#they were right#gaslight IS the word of the year
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words from merriam-webster's new ennglish dictionary. how many do you recognise?
#dictionary#merriamwebster#language#words#definition#definitions#word#linguistics#english#tbh i didn't mean to sound like a corporate acct#but now it's too late
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since gaslighting is supposed to be the merriam-webster word of the year, throwback to the time i told my mom that she was gaslighting me and she complained to my dad that i had "called her a gas light"
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Brain attack. Geek out. World wide web.
i just found out merriam webster has a time traveler feature that tells you some of the words that were “born” the same year as you. it’s pretty neat yall should do this
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I love you, dictionary.
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i just learned a new word!!!
the word is "sobriquet" and it is basically a cute nickname
here's the merriam-webster link
here's the wordnik link
#words#vocabulary#merriamwebster#merriam webster#i love words#i love learning#i love how words have cool meanings and connotations and you can!! learn words and then apply them and!!#it's nice#link#text post#wr3nns ramblings
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Let me tell you, as a non native speaker writing in English, my guy Merriam-Webster is my best friend in the whole wide world
#especially the thesaurus#because I really don't want to use words like 'look' approximately 15 times in as many sentences#I may be able to translate other words into my own language#but that doesn't mean I don't need a little help while writing#unfortunately my mind won't come up with many synonyms on its own#yet#fanfiction#writing#relatable#merriamwebster
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I’ll just post this ahead of time
And the Merriam Webster for today:
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No it's not. Do you realise how crazy you sound right now?
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Holy shit!
Merriam-Webster has named “gaslighting” as 2022’s word of the year.
I’m done. I’m packing up now.
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ಜನರು ನಿಘಂಟುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ರೀತಿಯ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ಕುತೂಹಲಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹುಡುಕಾಟ ನಡೆಸುವುದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಸಂಗತಿ. ಪ್ರತಿ ವರ್ಷವು ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಪದಗಳ ಅರ್ಥ ಹುಡುಕಲು, ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು, ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ಮತ್ಯಾವುದೋ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ನಿಘಂಟು ಅಥವಾ ಸರ್ಚ್ ಇಂಜಿನ್ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ಗೂಗಲ್ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.
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Eggcorns
Neologisms
Slang
Puns
Memetics
Humans constantly reshape and reform the language and I absolutely love that
My favorite thing ever is the fact that if you use a word and then other people like the word and start using the word it becomes a real word
It's like Pinocchio, but with information
Yes, Pinocchio, you too can be a real linguist
#mine#MerriamWebster@twitter#twitter#language#english#words#eggcorns#neologisms#slang#puns#memetics#memes#reposting everything from my twitter feed#i'm about to delete everything so get it while it's hot#tweet: 2022
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trivia
In ancient Rome, a trivium was an intersection of three roads (tri, "three" + vium, road).
According to the Romans, when people met at a trivium, they would discuss trivialis ("inconsequential things") - which eventually helped give trivia its modern meaning.
(h/t @MerriamWebster on Twitter)
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This is BRILLIANT!! Yay, Merriam-Webster. Something funny did arise out of this mess with Timothee and K: great memes.
https://twitter.com/merriamwebster/status/1744919876408410158
😂
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