America’s oldest Dictionary Added 1400 new words to ‘Merriam Webster’.

Chili Crisp, the favorite sauce of the Chinese, has now become an English word.

One sided loving people will be called parasocial while the beard only on the neck will be called neck beard.

Before winter, the season of searching for the beloved will be called the cuffing season.

The institute said in a blog post that the new words and meanings reflect usages that have become more widespread over time and thus provide a glimpse into today’s world.

Other new additions are related to cooking and foods, including ‘superfood’ (foods that are rich in nutrients), ‘bao’ (a stuffed bread or bun popular in Asia) and ‘cake pop’ (a lollipop-like dessert made with cake and icing).

Some terms are already familiar to many, such as ‘whack-a-mole’ which refers to a situation in which an existing problem is solved immediately after a new problem of the same nature appears.

Some terms are relatively less well known, such as the ‘Mandela effect’ which refers to the phenomenon in which many people collectively have the same false memory.

Some words are specific to American society, such as the adjective ‘California sober’, according to the dictionary, it means someone who uses marijuana and alcohol while abstaining from other drugs, such as cocaine or meth.

Merriam Webster is also expected to choose its ‘Word of the Year’ in the next few months.

Note that ‘slop’ was chosen as the word of the year in 2025, as its meaning was extended to include low-quality digital content, usually mass-produced by artificial intelligence.