In a rare move, the Merriam-Webster dictionary announced on Thursday that it is fully revising and reimagining its world-famous dictionary with a fresh edition that would add more than 5,000 words, including the Gen-Z terms used on social media.

These words include ‘doomscroll’, ‘WFH’, ‘dumbphone’ and ‘ghostkitchen’. Other additions are ‘cold brew’, ‘rizz’, ‘farm-to-table’, ‘dad bod’, ‘adulting’, ‘cancel culture’ and ‘hard pass’. There is also ‘beast mode’ and ‘dashcam.’

The latest edition of the ‘Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary’ will be released on November 18, which is 22 years after the book’s last hard-copy update amid declining US sales for analogue dictionaries.

Notably, Merriam-Webster is the leading dictionary company in the US and sells 1.5 million copies a year. Most d

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