Merriam-Webster

There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's DigestHow Does a Word Get Into the Dictionary?

It’s not uncommon for 1,500–2,000 new words to be added to the dictionary every year—and while most additions we barely register (“cold turkey,” “meet-cute”), others (“FOMO,” “hella,” “ICYMI”) can seem less … dictionary-y. To…

Baihley Gentry

Newsletter

Subscribe directly from us by clicking this link