The U.S. Merriam-Webster dictionary has added 640 new words and new definitions to its index, reflecting changing uses of the English language.

“Snowflake’’ now also means someone who is too sensitive, while “peak’’ formally can be defined as something at the height of popularity or usage.

“Stan’’ refers to an obsessive fan.

Compound terms have also entered the dictionary, such as “garbage time,’’ meaning the final part of a sports game in which one side has an insurmountable lead.

“Screen time’’ refers to the amount of time one spends staring at a mobile phone or tablet.

The changing nature of the business world has also influenced the dictionary, which now includes terms like the “gig economy,’’ referring to temporary work, and “vulture capitalism,’’ which refers to aggressive buying of distressed companies.

“The English language never sleeps, and neither does the dictionary.

“Each word follows its own path at its own pace before its use is widespread enough to be included in a dictionary,’’ Merriam-Webster said in a statement.

There are also a bunch of new words from science, including terms that reflect societal shifts. “Top surgery’’ and “bottom surgery’’ are both terms from gender confirmation operations, as transgender visibility expands.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/breaking-merriam-webster-english-dictionary-adds-640-new-words/

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These guys keep complicating English language even for themselves.
It's funny that as widely spoken as English is, there's no central authority that regulates what's acceptable in the language or not.

So what? I shld start jumping around.

They should also add:

Zombie: Ass lickers of a bad government

Brit na dem get English make dem add more

Am a lover of words....

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Stan should be from Eminem's Song ryt

Dangote flour mill has been vulture capitalized by Olam

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If them like make dem add 1million words, I still go with "Oxford Advanced Learner" any day, any time

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Nice, let me put on my learning shoes.

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Wowu!!! Very interesting.

Time to upgrade the one I have on my phone!

sometimes words get updated all the time but some of them are used by "Mumuishly" people

So this dictionary is now referring to me as a snowflake

No naija word inside...like shaku and Woske? Then it's cheating

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Are they authoritarian of English language

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Who uses these words and Oh Its even an American dictionary, lemme coman delete it from my phone abeg...

“Stan’’ refers to an obsessive fan.

Origin & Reference: Eminem's 'Stan' ft Dido. A song where he talked about an obsessive fan who ended up putting an end to his own life.

He later referred to another obsessive fan 'Machine Gun Kelly' as a Stan in his diss track titled 'Killshot' towards MGK who had dissed Eminem with his 'Rap Devil' track.

Prior to MGK's reference, staunch Em's fans all over the world have been referred to as Stans.

Eminen owns the word.