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Word of the Day<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 19 May 2025</p><p>antithetical</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/antithetical-2025-05-19" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/antithetical-2025-05-19</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>Since I can follow <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> again elsewhere, I enjoy their playing the weisenheimer more often. 😁 <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/7-false-etymologies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/wordplay/7</span><span class="invisible">-false-etymologies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>The Definition of 'Dictionary' (and Why You Can't Be R@c!st Against wh!te People)<br>Sunn m'Cheaux<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SunnmCheaux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunnmCheaux</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Message" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Message</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weoutchea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weoutchea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gullah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gullah</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Geechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geechee</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySPpPdEM4s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=cySPpPdEM4</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
Word of the Day<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 23 February 2025</p><p>tousle</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/tousle-2025-02-23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/tousle-2025-02-23</span></a></p>
That Word Chat<p>Reminder: Tomorrow is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThatWordChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThatWordChat</span></a>’s Words of the Year 2024 show, featuring:<br>- Mark Gwynn (Australian National Dictionary Centre)<br>- Fiona McPherson (Oxford English Dictionary)<br>- Lynne Murphy (University of Sussex)<br>- Wendalyn Nichols (Cambridge Dictionary)<br>- Peter Sokołowski (Merriam-Webster)<br>- Kelly Wright &amp; Ben Zimmer (American Dialect Society)</p><p>Sign up to attend: bit.ly/ThatWordChat</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WOTY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTY</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ANDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANDC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OED</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UniversityOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfSussex</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CambridgeDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeDictionary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanDialectSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDialectSociety</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>SFGate: ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. “The Merriam-Webster entry for “polarization” reflects scientific and metaphorical definitions. It’s most commonly used to mean ‘causing strong disagreement between opposing factions or groupings.’ Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/10/sfgate-polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/10/sfgate-polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year/</a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Npars01</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>br00t4c</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; 70% poor and starving as the moneyed live lives of luxury built on public corruption.</p><p>Shows that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> chose <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polarization</span></a> as the word of the year for more reasons than one 👀 </p><p><a href="https://www.saanichnews.com/trending-now/polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year-7695220" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">saanichnews.com/trending-now/p</span><span class="invisible">olarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year-7695220</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>The Merriam-Webster online dictionary has added 200 new words and phrases to its database, including "beach read", "For You page", "freestyle", "jam band", "nepo baby", and "heat index".</p><p>"The one constant of a vibrant living language is change."</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/new-words-in-the-dictionary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/wordplay/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-words-in-the-dictionary</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/g-s1-26417/new-words-phrases-added-merriam-webster" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/10/04/g-s1-26417/</span><span class="invisible">new-words-phrases-added-merriam-webster</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>Never mind Siobhan, Merriam-Webster should mind its language and remember that English is not the only window on the world.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaeilge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaeilge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoDaoine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a></p>