Merriam-Webster Adds 520 New Words & Phrases Including 'Second Ge
I realize as an adult, I didn't quite understand that dictionaries are living books when I was growing up. Meaning, each year, as words or phrases become common in the world, it's the job of dictionaries to realize the cultural importance of the words, and then try to explain them. I always thought when they added the previous year's words that somehow that was lowering the importance of the dictionary. I guess in a way, I thought of the dictionary as being like the Bible - except the dictionary was more of the "official" history of language, that wasn't supposed to change yearly either.Â...