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Today Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 200 new words and definitions to its iconic dictionary – maybe not a beach read, but worthy of a For You page and nearly as irresistible as street corn.

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A deaf woman has taken to the internet to show the hearing community how the British Sign Language (BSL) translates slang ...

Our lexicographers monitor a huge range of sources to select which words and definitions to add,” Merriam-Webster's Peter ...

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