Dictionary.com Adds 300 New Words & Phrases!
The online resource Dictionary.com has just announced their latest word additions, adding 300 new words and definitions in areas relating to culture, tech, identity, slang, COVID and more.
Among the changes and words added:
- Zaddy – an attractive man who is also stylish, charming, and self confident
- Silver fox – an attractive older person with gray or silver hair, especially a man
- Snack – has been updated to include the slang for “a sexy and physically attractive person; hottie”
- Oof – an exclamation used to sympathize with someone else’s pain or dismay, or to express one’s own
- Y’all – used to direct address usually two or more people, or to one person who represents a family or organization
- A**hat – a foolish, annoying, or contemptible person; a**hole
- Sh*t show – a person or thing that is a total mess, failure, or disaster
- Side hustle – a job or occupation that brings in extra money beyond one’s regular job and main source of income
- 5G – fifth-generation, wireless
- Dplatforming – to prohibit (a person or people) from sharing their views in a public forum, especially by banning a user from posting on a social media website or application
Check out the rest of the words & phrases added below!
Jonel Jaksa is the producer for The All-New Morning Bounce with Mean Jean and Shannon Renee. He’s been with 105.1 The Bounce since 2020 and has been in radio for over 20 years. He’s worked at several stations and in a wide array of radio formats, from hip-hop to rock to country music to sports talk, and is a three-time Michigan Association of Broadcasters award winner. As a content creator for 105.1 The Bounce, Jonel writes articles on hip-hop music, movies, WWE and pop culture.
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