Merriam-Webster’s Word of 2023

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Nov 30, 2023

​​The Merriam-Webster Dictionary's 'Word of the Year' is "authentic." Editor at Large Peter Sokolowski talks about why Merriam-Webster selected that word, what words he considers "runners up," plus some of the new words added to the dictionary in 2023. And listeners call in to share the words that mattered to them this year.

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