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Merriam-Webster adds meme coin, vibe coding, and uncanny valley to its online dictionary.

Those are just three of 1,400 new words added to the more comprehensive online version of Merriam-Webster’s linguistic repository. Other additions include Mandela Effect, AGI, letterboxing, looksmaxxing, and what seems like a really late acknowledgement for Rickroll.

A screenshot of a definition from Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary.
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