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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Digital Trends: Merriam-Webster hops on the Wordle train with new daily puzzle game. “Following in The New York Times’ footsteps, Merriam-Webster launched a new daily puzzle game called Revealed. The free browser game has players trying to guess a topic from a description filled with redacted words.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/26/digital-trends-merriam-webster-hops-on-the-wordle-train-with-new-daily-puzzle-game/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/26/digital-trends-merriam-webster-hops-on-the-wordle-train-with-new-daily-puzzle-game/</a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/WordGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordGames</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> </p><p>"Following in The New York Times’ footsteps, Merriam-Webster launched a new daily puzzle game called Revealed. The free browser game has players trying to guess a topic from a description filled with redacted words."</p><p><a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/merriam-webster-hops-on-the-wordle-train-with-new-daily-puzzle-game/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitaltrends.com/gaming/merri</span><span class="invisible">am-webster-hops-on-the-wordle-train-with-new-daily-puzzle-game/</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>Since I can follow <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> again elsewhere, I enjoy their playing the weisenheimer more often. 😁 <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/7-false-etymologies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/wordplay/7</span><span class="invisible">-false-etymologies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a></p>
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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SunnmCheaux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunnmCheaux</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Message" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Message</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wordnerd</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weoutchea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weoutchea</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Gullah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gullah</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Geechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geechee</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cySPpPdEM4s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>word</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/piffle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piffle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/definition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>definition</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/merriamwebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merriamwebster</span></a></p>
Brent Sleeper<p>Upon review, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> is the outlier. The others vary their preferred order of alternates, but basically agree.</p>
Brent Sleeper<p>Transliterating <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%AA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>משוגעת</span></a> from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yiddish</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheJoysOfYiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheJoysOfYiddish</span></a>: mishegoss or mishegaas<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a>: meshuggaas (!) or meshugaas<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmericanHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHeritage</span></a>: mishegaas or mishegoss<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Wiktionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiktionary</span></a>: mishegoss; or mishegaas, mishegas, mishegass, mishegos, mishigas</p>
Word of the Day<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 28 January 2025</p><p>sward</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/sward-2025-01-28" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/sward-2025-01-28</span></a></p>
That Word Chat<p>Reminder: Tomorrow is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThatWordChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThatWordChat</span></a>’s Words of the Year 2024 show, featuring:<br>- Mark Gwynn (Australian National Dictionary Centre)<br>- Fiona McPherson (Oxford English Dictionary)<br>- Lynne Murphy (University of Sussex)<br>- Wendalyn Nichols (Cambridge Dictionary)<br>- Peter Sokołowski (Merriam-Webster)<br>- Kelly Wright &amp; Ben Zimmer (American Dialect Society)</p><p>Sign up to attend: bit.ly/ThatWordChat</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WOTY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTY</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ANDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANDC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OED</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UniversityOfSussex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfSussex</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CambridgeDictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambridgeDictionary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanDialectSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDialectSociety</span></a></p>
alice 🪞♥️ 🎩🐇<p>quell<br>verb<br>quelled; quelling; quells<br>1: to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity<br>quell a riot<br>2: quiet, pacify<br>quell fears<br>noun <br>1 obsolete: slaughter<br>2 archaic: the power of quelling</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>word</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/quell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quell</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/definition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>definition</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>SFGate: ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. “The Merriam-Webster entry for “polarization” reflects scientific and metaphorical definitions. It’s most commonly used to mean ‘causing strong disagreement between opposing factions or groupings.’ Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/10/sfgate-polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/10/sfgate-polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year/</a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Npars01" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Npars01</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>br00t4c</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; 70% poor and starving as the moneyed live lives of luxury built on public corruption.</p><p>Shows that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> chose <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polarization</span></a> as the word of the year for more reasons than one 👀 </p><p><a href="https://www.saanichnews.com/trending-now/polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year-7695220" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">saanichnews.com/trending-now/p</span><span class="invisible">olarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year-7695220</span></a></p>
Word of the Day<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 12 November 2024</p><p>labile</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/labile-2024-11-12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/labile-2024-11-12</span></a></p>
Tommi Nieminen<p><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/Uni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uni</span></a> 9 v takaa <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/muisto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muisto</span></a>'ista: Matkasimme isolla joukolla lomasiirtolaan 4–6 hengen autokuormittain. Minulle komennettiin ”Tender 40”, mikä tarkoitti, että minun piti siirtyä kuormaan 40. Aamulla katsoin <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a>'istä, ja niinhän sanalla <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/tender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tender</span></a> on tällainenkin merkitys: a (1) : a ship employed to attend other ships (as to supply provisions) (2) : a boat for communication or transportation between shore and a larger ship (3): a warship that provides logistic support. <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/unet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unet</span></a> 1/2</p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>The Merriam-Webster online dictionary has added 200 new words and phrases to its database, including "beach read", "For You page", "freestyle", "jam band", "nepo baby", and "heat index".</p><p>"The one constant of a vibrant living language is change."</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/new-words-in-the-dictionary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/wordplay/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-words-in-the-dictionary</span></a></p><p>Via <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/04/g-s1-26417/new-words-phrases-added-merriam-webster" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/10/04/g-s1-26417/</span><span class="invisible">new-words-phrases-added-merriam-webster</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
Word of the Day<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 29 September 2024</p><p>feckless</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/feckless-2024-09-29" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/feckless-2024-09-29</span></a></p>
Word of the Day<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 3 September 2024</p><p>cronyism</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/cronyism-2024-09-03" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/cronyism-2024-09-03</span></a></p>
Word of the Day<p><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> 27 August 2024</p><p>propinquity</p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/propinquity-2024-08-27" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/word-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-day/propinquity-2024-08-27</span></a></p>
Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭<p>Learned that Shrey Parikh, a contestant in the <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Scripps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scripps</span></a> National <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/SpellingBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpellingBee</span></a> got eliminated because he incorrectly spelled “kanin”, which comes from <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Tagalog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tagalog</span></a> and means “boiled rice”.</p><p>I saw that “kanin“ is indeed included in the <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionary</span></a>. But as a native Tagalog speaker, I‘m offended that they say that the plural is “kanins“. Even granting that kanin is a valid English word, I say that just like “rice” and also in Tagalog, it should be an uncountable noun.</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaeilge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaeilge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MerriamWebster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerriamWebster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoDaoine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a></p>
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