New Dictionary Words, Anyone Use a Dictionary?
Dictionary.com has released a list of the new words added to their online dictionary. Here are a few:
Do you even recognize some of these words? 'Astroturfing'? The made-up word that means 'creating fake grassroots political support' is one of hundreds of new words and phrases that have just been added to the database of Dictionary.com. Also entering the official word game are 'bi-gender,' 'revenge porn' and 'dark web,' which is defined as "that portion of the internet that is hidden from search engines."
The CEO of Dictionary.com had this to say about the newly selected words:
"Many of these new words show that the line continues to blur between our lives online and our vernacular, with personal and enterprise security top of mind for consumers, as shown by their searches," said Michele Turner, CEO of Dictionary.com. "One of our favorite recent additions is a concept very familiar to many of us these days: anecdata is anecdotal evidence based on personal observations but presented as fact."