Dictionary.com just announced a big update with tons of new words and revisions of old words. They're getting a lot of attention for "woke" ones, like adding and updating words around race, identity, sexual orientation, and mental health. But they also added some slang terms like "amirite," "GOAT," and "jabroni."
Dictionary.com just announced a huge update with tons of new words and revisions of old words.
The changes that are getting the most attention are the "woke" ones . . . because Dictionary.com added and updated a ton of words around race, identity, sexual orientation, and mental health.
For example, they now say Black should be capitalized as, quote, "a mark of respect and recognition that's in line with capitalizing other cultures and ethnicities."
They also replaced "homosexual" with "gay" to get rid of, quote, "the implication of a medical diagnosis, sickness, or pathology."
But those weren't the only changes they made.
They also added a bunch of great slang terms, including "amirite" . . . "DGAF" . . . swole . . . "GOAT," which stands for Greatest of All Time . . . and "Jabroni," which they defined as, quote, "a stupid, foolish, or contemptible person; loser."
More-https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/us/dictionary-com-update-trnd/index.html
