The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has just added 840 new
entries to our ever-expanding language.
I get the impression that Millennials and the members of Generation Z
are seriously impacting the English language.
There were some new entries that made sense:
instagramming, mocktails and salty (yes, think salty). There were others that left me scratching my
head. Adorb; an adjective describing
something that is inspiring, delightful or cute (think adorable). Bingeable: an adjective for something that is
easy to watch or a food or drink that would be easy to indulge on. Rando: a disparaging term for someone with
whom you have no shared social connection.
Just when I had gotten used to LOL (laugh or loud) and
BFF (best friend forever) we have all new acronyms. TL;DR; the response to a lengthy online
message (Too Long; Didn’t Read). GOAT:
quite simply The Greatest of all Time.
It did get me thinking about some words that were once a
part of our language that now have all but disappeared. I think about the 50’s TV show Twenty Questions where one of the
initial queries always was “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” Phone booth; I am left to wonder if Superman
now has to use a Porta-Potty to change his persona. There was a time when boss did not just refer
to someone we worked for but rather a really cool car.
I probably need to cut this off before some of you send
me that TL;DR message.
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