Totally Fetch New Words

Believe it or not, a whole lotta new words are added to the dictionary every year. Some of them make sense—others, not so much. Who decides what makes the cut? What's on it's way out? And what's the 2018 word of the year that Britney Spears would approve of? Find out in this last episode of the year. Also, it's not our fault, but there's a few naughty words in the list, so maybe use earphones if you don't like swearing or have kids around.

Some further resources if you want to learn more:

Read, Watch, Listen

• Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
• Spellbound film documentary
• This American Life "Freedom Fries" episode
• 1984 by George Orwell (always a goodie if you feel like a bit of a depressing dystopian fix about language and politics)
• Go wild: check out the word of the day on dictionary.com and thesaurus.com