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☆ What’s a ‘Girl Dinner’ Got to Do to Get Into the Dictionary These Days?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Sam Corbin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If you feel like you’re drowning in neologisms lately, you’re not delulu. The uptick in coinages has been noted by culture writers and TikTok users alike. There’s even a meme for slang overload, though it has been around since 2020. Girl dinner, an informal phrase credited to the TikTok user Olivia Maher that describes a light, charcuterie board-like meal, was inducted as an entry on Dictionary.com this month. It joins other newly inducted informal nouns and slang terms — including bussin’, the ick and pretty privilege — whose rise has been driven at least in part by social media.

Persons: you’re, —, Olivia Maher, bussin ’, Grant Barrett, Dictionary.com Locations: coinages

☆ Opinion | Leaving the Office at 5 Is Not a Moral Failing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

These concepts aren’t about goofing off all day or shirking responsibility; they’re about creating reasonable boundaries based on actual job descriptions. This shouldn’t be framed as a moral failing. Executives should take note: Laying down acceptable boundaries between the home and work lives of your employees doesn’t mean less profit. Not everyone should be a raging ambition monster — it is not sustainable for a varied and functional workplace. If, as a manager, you’re constantly requiring people to work overtime or out of the scope of their job description, it’s a sure sign that your company is not well structured.

Persons: ” Gabrielle Judge, ”, Williams, Lora Kelley, you’re Organizations: ” Harvard Locations: Britain

☆ What are neopronouns and how do you use them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And then there are neopronouns (“new” pronouns), gender-neutral or nonbinary pronouns that are distinct from the common she, he and they. All pronouns indicate identity and can be used to include or exclude people they describe — neopronouns included, said Dennis Baron, one of the foremost experts on neopronouns and their histories and an emeritus professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Other neopronouns are completely original to their user – some may choose to select a noun to describe themselves, like “star” or “starself” in place of binary pronouns like “she” or “herself.” These are called nounself neopronouns, but more on those later. Why people use neopronounsPeople may use neopronouns for the same reason someone else uses “she” and/or “they” — neopronouns may better align with one’s identity. An intro to nounself neopronounsLeaf, sun, star — nounself pronouns are neopronouns that use nature and other inspirations as nonbinary or genderless descriptors.

Persons: CNN —, ”, they’re, Dennis Baron, ” Baron, “, ” Neopronouns, Janelle Monáe, Emma Corrin, Jonathan Van Ness, Neopronouns, nonbinary, Baron, xyr, heer, ze, Ze, hirself, fay, Fae, Ey, —, Dua Saleh, who’s, Saleh, ” “, ” Saleh, aren’t, ” CNN’s Harmeet Kaur, he’s, “ heer, himer ”, Ella Young, ” Young, JWL, Noah Webster’s, Webster, thon ”, Charles Crozat Converse, thon, Michael Spivak, Jason D’Angelo, fandoms, Ehm Hjorth Miltersen, one’s, ” Miltersen, Miltersen Organizations: CNN, University of Illinois, “, Human Rights, Human, Netflix, Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Merriam, Webster, New York Times Locations: Urbana, Champaign, England, ”, Chicago

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