While the pandemic is no longer always top of our national mind and headlines (even as we remain vigilant about its variants), its impact on our lives, and language, is long-lasting-and literally so. Jump right into our quiz on our new words and definitions if you’re ready! Continuing COVID coverage And as always, we like to make learning fun while we’re at it. From informative usage notes to in-depth articles to our Grammar Coach ™ and Dictionary Academy ™, we also strive to educate on why and how language changes-changes we know can be challenging. On the heels of our spring 2021 update, our indefatigable crew of lexicographers have touched over 1,200 entries, including:Īcross and, our mission is not only to stay on top of a restless English language by documenting and defining its changing vocabulary. Slang and pop culture have yielded a host of terms and expressions in this update-and some welcome fun after a trying past year. It reflects the evolving landscape-and language-of COVID-19, racial reckoning, social struggles, and the unstoppable charge of technological change.īut it also reveals our boundless creativity and ingenuity.
#NEW WORDS OF THE DAY UPDATE#
The latest update to mirrors, as ever, the world around us. By Heather Bonikowski, Lexicographer, and John Kelly, Managing Editor
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