What words were added to the dictionary in 2008?

December 2008 update: new words list

• ranchera, n.
• ranchy, adj.
• rancidification, n.
• rancidify, v.
• randonnée, n.
• rangeability, n.
• rangpur, n.
• rank ordering, n.

What words were added to the dictionary in 2009?

New words of 2009: the year tweetups and snollygosters arrived.

What slang words have been added to the dictionary?

Some of the slang that has been added have been in use for a while, like ‘yeet,’ ‘oof’ and ‘zaddy’ are just now making an entry in the online dictionary. A new definition for ‘snack,’ which has been used to refer to an attractive person, has also been added.

How do you find out when a word was added to the dictionary?

At most entries in the Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, a date will be found following the heading “First Known Use”. This is the date of the earliest recorded use in English, as far as it could be determined, of the oldest sense defined in the entry.

What are the newest slang words?

A Parent’s Guide to the Latest Teen Slang

• Extra. This is another way of saying that someone or something is too much or over the top.
• Snatched. You don’t have to worry if you hear your teen saying that someone or something is snatched.
• Big yikes.
• Finsta.
• Flex.
• No cap.
• Lowkey.
• Highkey.

What year was Y all added to the dictionary?

1856
The dictionary places the first “y’all” in print in 1856, appearing in a snippet of dialect. ‒ There’s a possibility that people were regularly correcting the spoken contraction in print at the time.

When was humongous added to the dictionary?

2007
Definition: “Extremely large : humongous.” This word was added to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Edition in 2007.

When was ginormous added to the dictionary?

But Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang. And in the past several years, its use has become, well, ginormous.

What word was added to the dictionary April 2020?

Finna: an informal pronunciation spelling of “fixing to” do something, which shows the impact of speech’s efficiency in the written language. Zedonk and zonkey: both refer to a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey.