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[Ovid]

Emoji (noun): any of various small images, symbols, or icons used in text fields in electronic communication (as in text messages, e-mail and social media) to express the emotional attitude of the writer, convey information succinctly, communicate a message playfully without using words, etc.

Meme (noun): an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture.

NSFW (abbreviation): not safe for work; not suitable for work — used to warn someone that a website, e-mail attachment, etc., is not suitable for viewing at most places of employment.

WTF (abbreviation): what the f—, used especially to express or describe outraged surprise, recklessness, confusion or bemusement.

Photobomb (verb): to move into the frame of a photograph as it is being taken as a joke or prank.

Clickbait (noun): something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink, especially when the link leads to content of dubious value or interest.

http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/blog/2015/05/a-growth-spurt/

 

[Thug Waffle]

I believe every one of those words was added to the dictionary.

 

[GDGF]

Was gonna roll my eyes at the headline, but then I read the final entry

 

[CaptainGyro]

I don't know what's so hard to believe
edit- Oh I get it

 

[Coolluck]

Yes, yes. Clickbait, indeed. I'm actually ok with these words. They're not really bastardizations of anything and they're used quite often.

 

[Spaced Harrier]

Salty?

 

[Salsa]

I never get the outrage at these

it's a dictionary. these are words that are used

that's the point of a dictionary

 

[Qasiel]

Clickbait (noun): something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink, especially when the link leads to content of dubious value or interest.

http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/blog/2015/05/a-growth-spurt/

Hmmm...

 

[davepoobond]

Are they not words that are used that deserve to be defined and included in the dictionary?

Just because they don't have Latin roots doesn't mean they are less of a word.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Emoji and meme just now being added?

 

[maquiladora]

I don't know what's so hard to believe

WTF? It's meme based on clickbait.

NSFW :

Spoiler

photobomb

 

[Weiss]

But what they add next will truly amaze you!

 

[John Kowalski]

I thought meme was already a word. It's kinda old.

 

[Fenderputty]

Was gonna roll my eyes at the headline, but then I read the final entry

HAHA pretty good I would say.

 

[Aureon]

Congratz to Dawkins to get a word he made up in the dictionary.

That's not a common achievement.

 

[RastaMentality]

Are they not words that are used that deserve to be defined and included in the dictionary?

Just because they don't have Latin roots doesn't mean they are less of a word.

Yeah I don't understand why people only want words made before this century in the dictionary. That's the point of a dictionary.

 

[Salsa]

I thought meme was already a word. It's kinda old.

no shit

Richard Dawkins coined it in 1976

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Congratz to Dawkins to get a word he made up in the dictionary.

That's not a common achievement.

That was so long ago that it's incredibly strange to me it's only being added now.

Maybe that speaks more to M&W's irrelevance in modern times.

 

[CaptainGyro]

WTF? It's meme based on clickbait.

NSFW :

Spoiler

photobomb

goddam why do i always edit stuff too late

 

[John Kowalski]

no shit

Richard Dawkins coined it in 1976

Yeah. I thought science words were the quickest ones to get into dictionaries. Guess not.

 

[heliosRAzi]

I thought meme was already a word. It's kinda old.

Just because it just got added to a dictionary, doesn't mean that it is just now becoming a word.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Yeah. I thought science words were the quickest ones to get into dictionaries. Guess not.

They thought it was Japanese so they were confused.

 

[teruterubozu]

After "selfie" anything goes now.

 

[Abounder]

I am literally okay with eggcorns and jeggings

But it's only a matter of time before Ayy lmao becomes legit

 

[Ovid]

Just because it just got added to a dictionary, doesn't mean that it is just now becoming a word.

Sorry bro, it's word.

We can now use it in everyday conversation.

 

[lawnchair]

tybg

 

[Matty77]

Beyond the joke in the title, this is actually one of the more solid round of updates of my adulthood. They are all pretty revalent to the culture we have built on a wider scale, more than just slang, and I doubt they fall out of usage if we keep heading down the evolutionary path we are on.

 

[oo7]

At last I will know the correct pronunciation of meme. MEEEM!? F THAT. IT'S MIIMII

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Wrong. I can believe it. I guessed it based on the title. I win.

 

[Woffls]

Yoooo 'meme' was validated in MGS2, and even that was lttp. Catch up, dictionary chumps.

 

[ZealousD]

Linguists HATE IT

 

[turtle553]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/meh

 

[captive]

I never get the outrage at these

it's a dictionary. these are words that are used

that's the point of a dictionary

Yea. I have a friend, lets call him Mike cause that's his name, who isn't computer savvy at all, doesnt know what a forum is and he uses the word meme in the correct context. I think its safe to say that these words have entered the common vernacular.

 

[yasu151]

Linguists HATE IT

Ha. Pun aside, I wouldn't touch this subject with a linguist friend of mine unless I was willing to sit down and talk about the fascinating development modern language undergoes for the remaining afternoon.

 

[Sanke__]

I believe every one of those words was added to the dictionary.

Me too
No surprises here

 

[Fried Food]

not very surprising. I'm I the only one upset that emoji has replaced emoticon? I don't like how all they common folk think they can swoop in and change long standing terminology like that.

 

[User Name Here]

Umad?

 

[Angry Grimace]

I see what you did there.

 

[omnislayer]

not very surprising. I'm I the only one upset that emoji has replaced emoticon? I don't like how all they common folk think they can swoop in and change long standing terminology like that.

That sort of happens. Its more widely used now.

 

[Muffdraul]

The only thing I don't believe is that meme wasn't already added decades ago.

 

[Delta Assault]

Back when I was in college in 2004, one of my English courses was about memes and semiotics.

Where the hell has Merriam-Webster been?

 

[Dennis]

Meme as a word has been around for a very long time.

Get rekt, Merriam-Webster.

 

[Skux]

Yeah lol that definition of "meme" has been around for decades.

 

[Markster]

not very surprising. I'm I the only one upset that emoji has replaced emoticon?

I, too, lament the loss of 'emoticon'.
Though, I tend to think of emoticons as text based representations of images, while emoji are substituted images.

 

[Raonak]

I see no problem with adding those words, they're used often enough.

 

[Busaiku]

After "selfie" anything goes now.

After "literally" became a synonym for "figuratively", literally everything is possible.

 

[disappeared]

Great now my 2004 edition is outdated.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

.....Memes have been a word for a long time now. The fuck merriam, get with the times.

 

[DopeToast]

Clever title, OP.

I like when dictionaries do this. Don't ignore slang and how people talk. Let language grown naturally.

 

[Dennis]

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