FILE - Merriam-Webster.com is displayed on a computer screen on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in New York. Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary, including a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become ubiquitous on social media.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Dad bod, amirite, TBH and FTW are now dictionary-appropriate.to its venerable dictionary, including a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become ubiquitous on social media.
And it says “amirite” is a quick way to write “am I right,” as in, "English spelling is consistently inconsistent, amirite?” The dreaded “vote-a-ramas” that have become a fixture in the U.S. Congress is explained this way: “an unusually large number of debates and votes that happen in one day on a single piece of legislation to which an unlimited number of amendments can be introduced, debated, and voted on.”