'Silver fox,' 'zaddy' among new additions to Dictionary.com

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 300 new words and definitions have been added to Dictionary.com.

Words have been added to reflect the evolving landscape and language of today's society, including COVID-19, racial equity, and pop culture and technology changes.

"The latest update to our dictionary continues to mirror the world around us," said John Kelly, managing editor for Dictionary.com, in a press release. "Long COVID, minoritize, 5G, content warning, domestic terrorism—it's a complicated and challenging society we live in, and language changes to help us grapple with it."

Here are some of the new additions: