We're coming into the final stretch of 2025. And I thought I'd share some new words that I have learned this year. Now they may not be new you all young, hip, jive crazy cool cats, but they're new to me, and if they're new to you as well, then you'll learn them in much the same way that I did:

Against my will.

Clanker (noun)

Clanker is a derogatory term for robots and AI technology.

We may already have the word of the year, if not the decade: clanker. Originating from the Star Wars universe, it has become a catch-all term used to refer to robots and AI. Any technology can be referred to as a clanker.
—Catherine Prasifka, Irish Independent, 14 Aug. 2025

https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/clanker

Cogsucker (noun)

A cogsucker is someone a little too obsessed with LLMs, chatbots, and AI companions. Whether they're using ChatGPT as a therapist, falling in love with Grok, or treating Replika like a best friend, these are examples that you can find populating the /r/cogsuckers subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/cogsuckers/

#UpdateTheOldLexicon #NewWords #NewWordsForYou #Clanker #Cogsucker #NewCustomDictionary

#idea #newwords 一个单词支持不同AI翻译的多个解释。

The coining of the word "familect" to describe pronunciations, odd words, and linguistic quirks that exist within families and other small, intimate groups is such a delight, and explains a lot of the peculiar ways I say things.

#dialects #familect #newwords #language

Cambridge Dictionary adds 6,000+ new words reflecting social media, internet slang, Gen Z/Alpha trends, and more. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/books/is-your-vocabulary-delulu-cambridge-dictionary-adds-over-6-000-new-words-uup7s882?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CambridgeDictionary #NewWords #EnglishDictionary #InternetSlang

#ai 不能替你学习语言，但它能帮你更快的学习语言，更牢的记住生词。配备AI引擎的 new words app，你值得拥有。#newwords 广告 欢迎注册试用 <https://new words.shukebeta.com>

#idea #newwords 每周故事。就是每周五用定时任务让AI 以你最近一周学过的生词为原料编一个有趣的小故事。故事生成好了之后就自动推送用户消息提醒大家查看。(主体功能实现了，但推送还没有）

#newwords 昨天改掉了几个不爽的点。

1. 现在新开app会主动弹出加生词的对话框
1. 现在加生词后立即看到词汇解释而不是先到词汇列表
1. 词汇解释页也添加了加生词的按钮（随时随地加生词）

感谢 deepseek v3 0324。

又忙活了好几个小时，我的记生词的小破app才终于在生产环境下运转起来。虽然它现在既不好看也不好用，但它能跑了。我还是很开心。应该用不了一年，它就能像happynotes一样，成为我离不开的日常工具。#newwords

#newwords 今天把后台API自动部署搞完了。是用GitHub actions + ssh部署的，颇费了些功夫。

【22:31】
前台web 版本的自动发布也搞定了。感谢GitHub！

From enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024
Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives.

#NewWords #Science #Tech

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435213-000-from-enshittocene-to-virome-science-and-technologys-words-of-2024/

“Come to think of it, the English language has its limitations. When mathematicians and men of science want to exchange thoughts, English isn’t much good. They’ve had to invent new words, new symbols.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/10/31/come-to-think-of-it-the-english-language-has-its-limitations-when-mathematicians-and-men-of-science-want-to-exchange-thoughts-english-isnt-much-good-theyve-had-to-invent-new-words-new-symbo/

gambol /găm′bəl/

noun
1. A playful skipping or frolicking about.

shamble /shăm′bəl/

noun
1. A shuffling gait.

shambool /shăm'boo͞l/

noun
1. How Milcom Miasma walks after visiting the gym yesterday.

Used in a sentence: "Milcom, I notice you're shambooling everywhere you walk today, shall I call you a doctor?"

You're welcome.

#OldPeopleOfMastodon
#Fitness
#NewWords

Would like to propose a new word for the English language:

sittle

combining sit + settle

generally applicable to various pets and some youngsters.

#words #NewWords #EnglishLanguage #Etymology #Lexicology #Morphology

Oh my gosh, I love some of these new words. I must find occasion to use side quest, or face journey. Those sounds fun. I totally get ick as well, and boop, but I'm not so sure about rizz. Whatsthatabout...

#slang #newDictionaryEntries #NewWords

BBC News - 'The ick' and 'boop' newest entries in dictionary
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c19k2rdzxyko

611 new words today, Mastodonians. First time in months I've felt like the writing is actually flowing.

Time to stop and take on other tasks, but my, that felt nice.

#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #newwords

@Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei

Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".

His suggested replacement:

O beautiful for blood long shed
In Freedom's labor pains,
The sweat and tears
Of many years
Must never be in vain;
America, America,
Let all hearts beat as one,
And let there be
Equality
From sun to rising sun.

https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/112726874744744794

#StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords

My elder teen used the word "self-considerate" (as in her friend wasn't going along with what she wanted her to do but she understood that it was because the friend was respecting her own boundaries) and it is now part of my vocabulary.

I am not being difficult, I am being self-considerate.

#words #newwords #kidsthesedays

Murrey, turnsole, gooseturd, isabella: lately I’ve been obsessed with early modern English names for colours. This started with my confusion over a reference to a ‘gown of puke that came from London’: puke being, in fact, not just a shade but a type of woollen cloth.The fascination of these words is heightened by the fact that even contemporary definitions disagree: puke, for example, can be either dark brown or blue-black, while turkey is variously red or blue! #NewWords #language

Self-exsplainatory: Something so obvious even middle-aged white dudes realize you actually understand it.

#Splaining #NewWords #Discourse #GrimPunning