'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn't 'nibling' made the cut?
Pleasant-sounding words might have a leg up.
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We talked about this not too long ago. oxford dictionary had its say on what its 2013 word of the year was. they chose selfie. now merriam-webster chose its word of the year. it is science. science? yeah, about that. the folks at merriam-webster said science had the biggest increase in number of lookups in the online dictionary. a 176% increase, to be precise. the dictionary editors say a wide variety of discussions center on science this year. and speaking of science, my fellow space nerds, nas...
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