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Nov 10, 2021 · The coronavirus pandemic led to "an uptick of slang words," Saccardi said, with the most popular ones being "rona," an abbreviation for the coronavirus; "jab," for vaccine shots; "quarantine and ...
For instance, fans of a popular TV show might use slang terms related to characters or memorable moments from the series as inside jokes within their online communities. By familiarizing ourselves with these trending slangs in 2021’s digital landscape, we can better navigate online interactions and stay connected with others through shared language experiences.
Dec 13, 2021 · In 2021, Gen Z, millennial, LGBTQIA+, Black and internet culture shaped the way we spoke to each other. The language experts at Babbel shared the slang that influenced pop culture the most this year.
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Jan 22, 2021 · “Poggers”, “Pog” or “Pog Champ” is the 4 th new word on this years’ list. This one originated from online gaming. Usually, slang terms from very specific cohorts like gamers don’t make the Top-10 list. But sometimes they get so popular that they jump beyond their original user group.
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While the pandemicis no longer always top of our national mind and headlines (even as we remain vigilant about its variants), its impact on our lives, and language, is long-lasting—and literally so. Long COVID now has an entry in the dictionary. And the realities and experiences of this condition prompted a new entry for long hauler in tandem with ...
Protests following the murder of George Floydin May 2020 brought heightened urgency to the nation’s grappling with racism and racial injustice. Since then, this reckoning has expanded from street demonstrations to board meetings, and we continue to track its ever-evolving vocabulary in real time. Growing awareness of inequality, inequity, and their...
Incidents involving attackers targeting members of racial and ethnic groups continue to beset the US, and intelligence agencies and law enforcement officials have been increasingly assessing them as forms of domestic terrorism,which has warranted its own dictionary entry. Domestic terrorismis defined as: the unlawful use of violence or threats agai...
Technology—always and inevitably—introduces new words into the mainstream lexicon. Two highlights in this update were inspired by how the pandemic transformed work and school: asynchronous and synchronous. To these entries, we’ve added two key new senses, both of which are especially used in the context of remote, hybrid, or blended learning: 1. as...
As we’ve seen, language changes in important ways as people grapple with everything from world-historic events of the pandemic to urgent social issues of racial justice. But sometimes, language change is, well, just fun. After a challenging 2020, we think we can certainly make room for some language play. Now, just in case our addition of yeet in 2...
Listen up, y’all: after years of treating y’all as a variant form of you-all,we can now, finally, celebrate this vital pronoun in its very own entry. Long connected to Southern American English and Black English, y’allhas been on the move, spreading in dialectal distribution since the late 1990s, and growing more quickly with younger demographics t...
A changing world means a changing language, and a changing language means a changing dictionary—and that comes in many more forms than just new words. We are dedicated to providing rich, engaging, and meaningful ways to experience and become experts in words and writing for your own changing language needs. And through these ways, we hope to inspir...
Dec 14, 2021 · We are unsure who asked for a sequel to 2020, but 2021 delivered. We dealt with much of the same "world's on fire" issues from 2020, like a global pandemic, racial unrest, intense political division, and the Kardashians' love lives. And just like 2020, we've compiled an authoritative, unquestionable, irrefutable list of the year's top slang terms.
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Dec 27, 2021 · Like many slang words that are popular in 2021, its current meaning is originally from Black slang. How is it used? Simp can be used as both a noun or a verb, so saying that someone “is a simp for” a girl and that someone “is simping for” a girl are both common phrases.
