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Vibe coding, the practice of prompting an AI system to write software rather than typing the logic by hand, joins AGI and a new noun use of "compute" to mean processing power.

Food and feelings fill out the rest

Food terms made a smaller but steady contribution, with bao, cake pop, superfood, chili crisp and shishito peppers all added, tracking with how often those words now appear on menus and packaging that would have looked unfamiliar a decade ago. [...] Glow-up, meme coin, crashout and parasocial round out the group. Crashout now formally means a dramatic collapse or emotional breakdown, while parasocial describes the one-sided attachment a fan can develop toward a celebrity or a fictional character, a concept that has existed in psychology for decades but only recently became everyday shorthand.

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Merriam-Webster's latest update adds 1,400 words, mostly internet slang

From looksmaxxing to trash panda, this year's update captures internet slang, AI jargon and everyday moods, packed into one of Merriam-Webster's largest single-year word additions.

1400 words have been added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Representational Image. Photo: Pexels