Yesterday, Merriam-Webster announced that they just added 1000 words to their online dictionary. WHAT?!?!? Suddenly we find ourselves wondering what should be in a dictionary, because no doubt there is plenty of slang included as part of the additions. But is a word still slang once it makes it into a dictionary? This could be a very interesting discussion, but it is February and we hardly have the energy for it.
We will stick to the facts. Here are some of the words that have been added: Seussian, conlang, face-palm, binge-watch, photobomb, humblebrag and EpiPen. Just writing them down, the objections start coming to mind.
Anyway, read more for yourself.