New Words for 2018

Every year, Merriam-Webster bequeaths society a gift: a bunch of brand-new words that have officially been introduced into the English language. This year, a mind-boggling 840 words were inducted into the dictionary’s vaunted pages. And here’s the TL;DR (that’s one of the new ones, by the way): You’ve likely already been using a whole lot of them.

From marg to mocktail, blockchain to biohacking, and all the slang and rando abbreviations in between, here are some of the newest words added to the lexicon in 2018

1-Bougie

2.Bingeable

3. TL;DR

4.Marg

5.Fintech

6.Wordie

7.Hangry

8.Blockchain

10.Time Suck

11.Glamping

12.Hophead

13.Airplane Mode

14.Biohacking

15.Rando

16.Mansplain

17.Instagramming

18.Generation Z

19.G.O.A.T.

20.Mocktail

21.Bubblehead

22.Adorbs

23.Me Time