Fluffernutters make us feel hygge, but TBH they're giving us dad bods. If that sentence didn't make sense to you — worry not, as definitions for most of these terms can now be looked up in the dictionary. Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to the dictionary. The global pandemic is a theme with definitions for "super-spreader", "long Covid" and "vaccine passports". Tech-related words such as "teraflop" which is a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second, was also added. New words that entered political discourse this year include "astroturf" which is used to describe a movement that is falsely made to appear "grassroots". The term, borrowed from artificial turf, is used to describe political efforts, campaigns, or organisations that appear to be funded and run by ordinary people but are in fact backed by powerful groups. Culinary terms were also added, including a definition for a "fluffernutter", which is a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white bread. The dictionary previously updated its content in January, including words such as "silver fox", an attractive middle-aged man having mostly grey or white hair, and "hygge", a cosy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.
Parenting according to Twitter
"Playing board games with your kids and deliberately trying to lose so it ends quicker is a parenting art form."
"Sorry I never responded to the text you sent; my 5-year-old just finished telling me a story that started on Friday."
"I let my toddler play with my phone today so now everything is in Spanish and I have 273 pictures of her left hand."