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‘Rizz,’ ‘dad bod’ and ‘ghost kitchen’ — Merriam-Webster adds 5,000 new words to new dictionary

The 12th edition of the Merriam-Webster “Collegiate” dictionary, which will be released on Nov. 18, introduces 5,000 new words and 1,000 new phrases and idioms to its pages, the publisher announced Thursday. The 11th edition of the dictionary was released in 2003, so cultural changes over the past two decades called for an extensive update.

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"Dumbphone," "ghost kitchen" among over 5,000 words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary in rare update

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‘Ghost kitchen,’ ‘dumbphone’: See some of the 5,000 new words added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Berkshire Eagle

Curtis Honeycutt: Words that go ‘bump’ in the night

Ghost words are the invisible words lurking in the shadows of our dictionaries, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting writers and speakers. They are the words that we think are real but are ...

Brattleboro Reformer

The Grammar Guy: Words that go ‘bump’ in the night

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Ghost words are the invisible words lurking in the shadows of our dictionaries, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting writers and speakers. They are ...

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7 fake words that actually ended up in the dictionary

This story originally appeared on Mental Floss. Ghost words have nothing to do with otherworldly apparitions, but they’re enough to scare the headwords off lexicographers. Coined by philologist ...

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