The New American Dictionary Adds 11 Words for 2025

Language is fluid, and Americans have been getting creative. Sometimes it seems like we’re all speaking a different mother tongue. That’s why The New American Dictionary is releasing these 11 new words and definitions to its iconic lexicon. Now all English speakers will be on the same page irl. (Fun fact: irl was officially added in 2014!)

DEI (n.) (derogatory) – thinly veiled racism (also: sexism, ableism) used to promote segregation ex: “USAID is DEI.” “The FAA is DEI.”

DEI (n.) (original) – efforts to value all people and ensure equal access to opportunities

detention center (n.) – concentration camp

MAGA (n.) – Nazi

MAHA (n.) – eugenics

swasticar (n.) – Tesla

DOGE (n.) – Nazi cybercriminals

cost cutting (n.)(as done by DOGE) – stealing

cute winter boots (n.) – I.C.E.

ice (n.) – diamonds

Greenland (n.) – Greenland

Gulf of America (n.) – the social media-enabled pit of disinformation separating citizens desiring democracy and those duped into and/or willingly supporting tyranny over themselves