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'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2022
Merriam-Webster's word of the year -- and this you can believe -- is "gaslighting."
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ICYMI, pumpkin spice among new Merriam-Webster entries
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Word of the year 2020: Oxford English Dictionary couldn't pick just one
Oxford dictionaries updates definition of the word "woman"
Oxford names 'climate emergency' its 2019 'Word of the Year'
Massachusetts teacher creates Generation Z 'slang dictionary'
300 new words added to online dictionary
Merriam-Webster word of the Year 2018: Justice
Oxford Dictionaries reveals 2018 Word of the Year
840 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary
TL;DR: Merriam-Webster adds 840 new words
Merriam-Webster on 'Dilly dilly:' It's a real word
Merriam-Webster's word of the year: 'Feminism'
Dictionary.com chooses 'complicit' as its word of the year
Dictionary Day: Commonly mispronounced words
Merriam-Webster dictionary adds new words
Hangry, dad bod added to Dictionary.com's database
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