Today, the newest members of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary family were revealed and many of them are straight out of the digital age. In the collegiate dictionary’s announcement, a few of the 150 new words from this year were listed and more than half involve our modern obsession with technology, social media, and the Internet. big… Continue reading Welcome to the English Language, “Selfie,” “Hashtag,” “Catfish” and More
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Twictionary: Use Twitter to Vote for the Next Collins Dictionary Word
Every year dictionaries are forced to include newly formed words that were created to describe new technologies and internet functions of the digital age. Last year, words like “tweet” and “selfie” were added to the Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Dictionaries Online edition, respectively. This year Collins Dictionary wants you to vote for the word… Continue reading Twictionary: Use Twitter to Vote for the Next Collins Dictionary Word
