This is a new chapter for Dictionary.com.
On Wednesday, the online dictionary added 566 new words to its database, along with 348 new definitions and 2,256 revised definitions for existing entries.
New idioms, including words like “jaw” and “orange shower,” were added to “reflect the ever-changing nature of the English language and the endless efforts of our lexicographers to document it.”
“As you can imagine, recording an ever-changing language is incredibly fun and intellectually stimulating,” Grant Barrett, head of lexicography at Dictionary.com, told USA Today.
“Although our mission is to create dictionaries, we continue to be pleased with the variety, depth and complexity of this large number of terms,” Barrett continued in his statement. “There is a lot to be said about how vibrant a language is when it keeps pace with changes in culture and society.”
The speech also updated notes to remove some examples of binary gender terms such as "he" and "she" with gender-neutral "he", "she" and "hers". “He” or “she” have not been removed separately.
"Dictionary.com makes these changes when there is no reason to indicate a specific gender, or when the language is complex and can be simplified by using it or its pronouns, or when pronouns are not available," they wrote in one Email The Post. .
For example, "su" has now been replaced with "su" and the term "folk singer" has been updated. Nowadays we say: “A singer who specializes in popular songs and usually accompanies himself on the guitar.”
This happened after the Cambridge Dictionary changed the meaning of the words “male” and “female”.
In December, grammar definitions were revised to include people who identify as male or female despite being assigned the “opposite sex” at birth.
Dictionary.com's category has now expanded to include several definitions for different types of artificial intelligence.
The controversial and popular artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT is defined as “a type of machine learning algorithm that uses deep learning and a large database of training text to generate new text in response to a user request.”
Dictionary.com also provided a definition of “chatbot,” saying it is “a computer program designed to respond to oral or written communications from users with verbal or informational responses.”
In the health and well-being category, he also defined “decision fatigue,” which is “mental and emotional exhaustion caused by excessive or constant decision-making, particularly the cumulative effect of small decisions made over time.” every day,” as in “stress eating,” also known as “emotional eating, especially in response to stress, tension, or anxiety.”
Additionally, the concepts of “demand for sex,” “greenwashing,” “cryptofascism,” and “nepo-baby” were added.
The last time Dictionary.com received such a major word update was in February, when it added definitions for such common and popular phrases as "petfluencer" and "deada-."
He also called it “trauma dumping,” which is the act of sharing intense, traumatic information or emotions with other people without them asking.
And in July 2021, he added the pop culture terms “zaddie,” “ugh,” “s-tshow,” and “trigger warning.”