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Merriam-Webster Just Added These 12 Tech Terms to the Dictionary

From fintech and biohacking to time suck and rando.
By John Bonazzo
"'Complicit’ is never a positive thing,” a lexicographer told Observer.

‘Complicit’ Is 2017 Word of the Year, According to Dictionary.com

Lookups of the word 'complicit' increased by 300 percent in 2017 from 2016.
By Sissi Cao
Yeah, this was surreal all right.

Even Merriam-Webster Admits 2016 Was ‘Surreal’

The dictionary publisher released its annual "Word of the Year" list on Monday, and "surreal" was the leader of the pack.
By John Bonazzo

Explore Wordnik, The World’s Biggest Online English Dictionary

By Allan Metcalf

6 Volumes, 60K Words, 60 Years in the Making: Dictionary of American Regional English

By Allan Metcalf
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