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ICYMI, pumpkin spice among new Merriam-Webster entries

Por: Associated Press Oddities September 19, 2022

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Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!”ICYMI, those are five of the that Merriam-Webster added to its dictionary this month, the publisher announced Wednesday. Oh yeah, ICYMI, short for “in case you missed it,” was also added.“Some of these words will amuse or inspire, others may provoke debate. Our job is to capture the language as... + full article



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