Pete McMurray Show

John Kelly from Dictionary.com on new words "The words just don't stop coming ... think about science, there's a new chemical made every day. There's a word for that!" (btw - this guy is VERY intertaining)

Episode Notes

The newest dictionary words for the fall of 2023 are out - 
John Kelly of Dictionary.com joined us:

J-o-h-n  K-e-l-l-y
-Where do new words come from
-566 new entries, 348 new definitions for existing entries and 2,256 revised definitions

pop culture and slang 
(jawn, nepo baby, NIL, shower orange); 

modern problems 
(information pollution, greenwashing, Big Pharma); 

artificial intelligence 
(generative AI, hallucinate, GPT);

science and tech 
(biohacking, algo); 

health and wellness 
(decision fatigue, coffee nap, intermittent fasting) 

Identity and relationships 
(grandfamily, box braids, CODA, gay marry, amalgagender); 

and climate and extreme weather
(climate criminal, climate refugee, atmospheric river).

Dictionary.com