#merriamwebster

[countv0ncunt]

I SAID

GASLIGHT

GATEKEEP

GOBLIN MODE

[faleinks]

words from merriam-webster's new ennglish dictionary. how many do you recognise?

[frogofcamelot]

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"

[the-eclectic-penguin]

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

[spellingbee09]

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[thatwritererinoriordan]

I love you, dictionary.

[voodoobxrbie]

[wr3nns]

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

[theoretical-thinker]

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

[vanillabeenflower]

I’ll just post this ahead of time

And the Merriam Webster for today:

[neptunehenriksen]

No it's not. Do you realise how crazy you sound right now?

[thecleverqueer]

Holy shit!

Merriam-Webster has named “gaslighting” as 2022’s word of the year.

I’m done. I’m packing up now.

[eedinanews]

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.

[in-sufficientdata]

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

[linguisticdiscovery]

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)

[silvyysthings]

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

😂