Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Merriam-Webster and OED add new words: Lorem ipsum, TL;DR, and more - Columbia Journalism Review


Merriam-Webster and OED add new words: Lorem ipsum, TL;DR, and more
Columbia Journalism Review
(“Usenet” itself was born at Duke University in 1979, where programmers called themselves “Usenix,” for “users of Unix.” The “Usenix network” became “Usenet,” or so it seems.) ICYMI: Trump used a word that astonished Twitter users. In this fast-paced ...