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Offline access: You’ll have complete access to definitions whether or not you’re connected. This is the best iOS app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building.Īnd now we’ve added new word games! It’s never been more fun to learn new words and test your vocabulary for everyone from English learners to total word nerds. Metaverse (n.): A virtual environment in which users can access multiple virtual realities.Įx.: In the metaverse, all I do is buy digital clothes for my avatar and talk to other users.Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

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Level up (v.): Advancing or improving oneself as if you’re playing a game.Įx.: In her song “Level Up,” Ciara implores us all to drop the haters holding us back and instead explore our full potential. : I twisted my ankle during a LARP session in which I pantomimed riding into battle on a horse. LARP (n.): short for live action roleplay, a game in which players reenact fantasy scenarios.Įx. Pumpkin spice (n.): A blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and allspice commonly used in pumpkin pie.Įx.: Pumpkin spice lattes were once a harbinger of autumn, but now they appear on menus starting in late summer. You may not use these words in daily life – how often are you talking about baby hedgehogs? – but they’re important enough to belong in a reference book, at least online.Įx.: I need to snuggle that hoglet while its quills are not yet pointy. These words aren’t considered slang, but they also weren’t accepted into the Merriam-Webster dictionary until now. Pronounced like “own.”Įx.: I totally pwned my opponents in an epic game of tag yesterday.īaller (adj.): excellent, exciting or extraordinary, especially in a way that is suggestive of a lavish lifestyle.Įx.: It was very baller of you to share your lottery winnings with us. Lewk (n.): a fashionable look distinctive to the wearer and noticeable and memorable to others.Įx.: “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” contestant Bimini Bon Boulash turned a lewk on the runway when she emerged in a Vivienne Westwood-inspired bridal corset. Sus (adj.): short for suspicious or suspect.Įx.: Isn’t it a bit sus that you never see Peter Parker and Spider-Man in the same location? Janky (adj.): of very poor quality, or not functioning properly.Įx.: My janky computer likes to restart itself in the middle of Zoom meetings. Yeet (v.) To throw something with force and without regard for the thing being thrown.Įx.: I yeeted the quiz that I failed right into the trash can. Yeet (n.): An expression of surprise, approval or excited enthusiasm.Įx.: I get to eat the cookies you baked before we eat dinner? YEET!

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Here are a few of the new slang terms you’ll find in Merriam-Webster (with definitions courtesy of the dictionary) plus examples, so you’ll never have to worry whether you’re being cringe for misusing these words.

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Some of the words Merriam-Webster is adding have, admittedly, been in common use for over a decade: Zooey Deschanel arguably popularized the word “ adorkable” when she began starring on the sitcom “New Girl,” and “janky” has, at least in this author’s experience, been a favorite descriptor among middle and high school students for years now.Īnd then there’s “ MacGyver,” now a verb for fixing something with whatever you have on hand like the titular hero of the 1985 TV series. Read on for definitions and uses so you can level up your conversational skills. It typically takes years for such slang to find its way into reference books, but Merriam-Webster says it’s just following the internet’s lead: We’re adopting this language online quickly, so the dictionary is learning to quickly make room for these oft-used, made-up words. If you like to turn a lewk, regularly pwn your friends in “Fortnite” or find the ordinary dictionary janky, you’re in luck: Merriam-Webster has added a slew of slang to its dictionary, lending new legitimacy to those informal terms and more.

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