Merriam-Webster recently announced the addition of 690 new words as well as their meanings to its iconic dictionary.(Courtesy: NPR.com)
Beast mode, GOATED, thirst trap, and rage quit.
These are some of the words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and while some are no-brainers, others are pretty hilarious.
Merriam-Webster announced the addition of 690 new words as well as their meanings to its iconic dictionary last week.
The publishing company even shared that these new additions demonstrated “widespread” use over time, and offer a “window into the world today.”
Here are some of the words that stood out, along with their definition:
Finsta: A secret or incognito account on the Instagram photo-sharing service.
Grammable: Suitable to be posted on Instagram.
Thirst Trap: Term desperately seeking attention.
Rizz: Romantic appeal or charm.
GOATED: Considered to be the greatest of all time.
Chef’s kiss: A gesture of satisfaction or approval made by kissing the fingertips of one hand and then spreading the fingers with an outward motion.
Heffy: Characteristic of or befitting a professional chef (as in showiness, complexity, or exoticness).
Smashburger: A hamburger patty that is pressed thin onto a heated pan or griddle at the start of cooking.
Beast mode: An extremely aggressive or energetic style or manner that someone (such as an athlete) adopts temporarily.
Rage quit: To suddenly stop participating or engaging in (something) in a fit of anger and frustration).
It even added some abbreviations like ngl (not gonna lie), ttyl (talk to you later) and tfw (that feeling when).
And it looks like the team behind the new words had a blast incorporating them.
“We’re very excited by this new batch of words,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large at Merriam-Webster, said in a statement. “We hope there is as much insight and satisfaction in reading them as we got from defining them.”
