The 'Inspo' for Some New Words.

In September, Merriam-Webster announced that 533 words-many of which have become popular in daily conversation-will officially be added to the dictionary. The list of chosen terms includes vacay, dad joke, inspo, and escape room. Merriam-Webster, the oldest dictionary publisher in the U.S., also spurred a bit of controversy by including a new definition for the pronoun they, which is now also accepted as a third-person, singular pronoun for nonbinary people who don't identify as male or female. But the terms aren't meant to make a statement; they're chosen based on the...