"Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including "petrichor," "teraflop," "dumbphone" and "ghost kitchen." The 12th edition of "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary" comes 22 years after the book's last hard-copy update and amid declining U.S. sales for analog dictionaries overall, according to Circana BookScan."
"Petrichor, by the way, is a pleasant odor after a rainfall following a warm, dry period. Teraflop is a unit of measure for calculating the speed of a computer. Dumbphones are just that, mobile devices we used before the smartphone revolution. And ghost kitchens, which came into their own during the pandemic, are commercial spaces for hire. Other additions: "cold brew," "farm-to-table," "rizz," "dad bod," "hard pass," "adulting" and "cancel culture." There's also "beast mode," "dashcam," "doomscroll,""WFH" and "side-eye.""
Merriam-Webster produced a fully revised 12th edition of the Collegiate Dictionary, its first hard-copy update in 22 years. The edition adds over 5,000 new words, including contemporary terms such as petrichor, teraflop, dumbphone and ghost kitchen, plus slang and pandemic-era vocabulary. All added entries were already present on Merriam-Webster.com. The book includes enhanced entries for common lookups and more than 20,000 new usage examples. Two sparse biographical and geographical sections were removed to make room for new content, reflecting changing user needs and declining U.S. analog dictionary sales reported by Circana BookScan. The release is scheduled for Nov. 18 with preorders available.
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