Merriam-Webster adds new words and definitions to the dictionary, including “alt-right,” “troll,” and “pregame ”
Merriam-Webster, the dictionary known of late for its killer Twitter account, has added 250 new words and definitions to its pages of record. As usual with new words and definitions, they reveal a lot about the times that we live in, as these words and new meanings have to become widespread and sustained in written English prose. “These terms have shown themselves to be fully established members of the language,” Merriam-Webster’s Words At Play column says, “some after hanging about on the fringes for decades, and others after proving themselves too useful to ignore in relatively short order.”