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Latest word of the year Stories
  • Steve Buscemi wears a backwards baseball capo and carris a skateboard in this image from '30 Rock'.

    If You Remember Y2K, Oxford’s Word of the Year Probably Makes You Feel Old

    By Dec 4th
     
  • a gaslight. Photo by Renè Müller on Unsplash

    Gaslight: The Meaning of Merriam-Webster’s 2022 Word of the Year, Explained by a Dusty Old Play I Found in the Attic

    By Dec 6th
     
  • A transmasculine gender-nonconforming person caressing the chest of a transfeminine non-binary person.

    The Nonbinary Pronoun “They” Is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year

    By Dec 10th
     
  • Beyonce Feminist Gif

    Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year Is “Feminism”—Damn Straight

    By Dec 12th
     
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    Things We Saw Today: Want to Craft a Not-Awful Apology? There’s a Video Game for That

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    Merriam-Webster Declares “Science” Its 2013 Word of the Year, We Declare Merriam-Webster Our 2013 Dictionary of the Year

    By Dec 3rd
     
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