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TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

We Added 690 New Words to the Dictionary for September 2023 | merriam-webster.com

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TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Ngl, this update is a big one
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    rizz noun, slang : romantic appeal or charm

    They messed up by not mentioning charisma imo. Rizz was born from the second syllable of charisma and means charisma applied in a romantic way.

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      The loss of knowledge is happening before our eyes

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    Just how was ‘Vector graphics’ only added in this month? Surely its been more than half a century since the term came up?

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      I think the words have to reach some sort of threshold for popularity before inclusion in the dictionary. Before that, it’s just industry jargon. There’s probably thousands of graphic design terms that aren’t in the dictionary right now.

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    Surprised by how many words here I consider old. jorts? Jorts is a recent addition?

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      Also, “cutscene”. How out of date can they be?

  • odium@programming.dev
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    Also they added girlboss, amazing.

  • TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.worldOP
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    For example:

    GOATED adjective, slang : considered to be the greatest of all time

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      greatest of all time-ed

      kids are fucking stupid

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        Old man yells at cloud

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          did you just assume my gender?

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            keep this shit up and I’ll change your pronouns to was/were old man.

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            This was a very quick way of saying “I’m stuck in the 2010s and refuse to let go”

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            You old GOAT.

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    690? Nice.

  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
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    Kayfabe really is dead then.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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      Twas just okayfabe

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    Nice0

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