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M. Ní Sídach<p>The Definition of 'Dictionary' (and Why You Can't Be R@c!st Against wh!te People)<br>Sunn m'Cheaux<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SunnmCheaux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunnmCheaux</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Message" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Message</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weoutchea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weoutchea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gullah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gullah</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Geechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geechee</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySPpPdEM4s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=cySPpPdEM4</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇<p>piffle<br>verb<br>piffled; piffling<br>intransitive verb<br>: to talk or act in a trivial, inept, or ineffective way<br>noun<br>: trivial nonsense<br>pseudo-scientific piffle</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>word</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/piffle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piffle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/definition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>definition</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/merriamwebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merriamwebster</span></a></p>
Seonaidh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<p>Never mind Siobhan, Merriam-Webster should mind its language and remember that English is not the only window on the world.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaeilge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaeilge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoDaoine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>Really have to love <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> </p><p>Today's word of the day:<br>braggadocio <br>noun | brag-uh-DOH-see-oh</p><p>Braggadocio refers to brash and self-confident boasting—that is, the annoying or exaggerated talk of someone who is trying to sound very proud or brave.<br> <br>// His braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate.</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/OnPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnPoint</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SeesHimClearly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeesHimClearly</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/WhatATool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatATool</span></a></p>
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈<p>I am proud to say that today's word in the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> email is "Bunkum," coined to represent political claptrap and eventually any kind of nonsense, based on a politician from my own county of <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Buncombe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buncombe</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/NC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NC</span></a> </p><p>So much to be proud of!</p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Bunkum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bunkum</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunkum" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/dictionary</span><span class="invisible">/bunkum</span></a></p>
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year is "authentic." The team who made the choice say that this year it saw a substantial increase in lookups, thanks to conversations around AI and celebrity culture. There were several other words that generated buzz in 2023. Which of the following didn't make the list?

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www.merriam-webster.com2024 Word of the Year: PolarizationPlus 'demure,' 'totality,' 'allision,' and other words that defined the year
#Words#Language#2023WordoftheYear
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Eva Chanda

@jentrification
That could be good or bad, depending on which #Tumblr subcultures. I love seeing the quirky #fandoms and #furries, though I'm not in those communities, because I'm happy to see people finding their tribe (note: use of this term isn't cultural appropriation of First Nations, it's used all over the world and "a group of persons having a common character, occupation, or interest" in #MerriamWebster), as long as it's positive, constructive, inclusive, and safe, so no hate groups!

Doc Edward Morbius ❌​

PSA: "average" really is _any_ of mean, median, or mode.

First definition in Merriam-Webster:

: a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values

merriam-webster.com/dictionary

Yes, "mean" is perhaps most commonly understood. It's not the exclusive definition however.

www.merriam-webster.comDefinition of AVERAGEDefinition of 'average' by Merriam-Webster
#Average#Mean#Median
Ecologia Digital

#MerriamWebster announced an additional definition for #they: a third-person, singular pronoun for #nonbinary people. And Oxford has been criticized for its entry under “woman.”

"That the oldest #dictionary publisher in the United States has added its imprimatur to this meaning of the pronoun could be seen as a powerful statement about evolving understandings of #gender #identity.

Or it could be seen as something much more elementary: a reflection of #changingtimes."

nytimes.com/2019/09/20/style/t

The New York TimesWhen Dictionaries Wade Into the Gender (Non)BinaryBy By Jacey Fortin
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