--- title: Dictionary.com Adds Words: 'Woke,' 'Butthurt' and 'Pokemon' description: Many of the latest additions reflect our current obsessions with identity, technology and food-eating canonical: https://time.com/4408533/dictionary-words-woke-pokemon-cisgender/ author: Katy Steinmetz article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-19T12:00:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:45:08.412Z og:title: Dictionary.com Adds 'Woke,' 'Pokemon' and 'Butthurt' og:description: Also "ze" and “d-bag” og:url: https://time.com/4408533/dictionary-words-woke-pokemon-cisgender/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c52413fd4944397/69889c2b656a3f01bcbcc4ed/black_lives_matter_woke_dictionary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5400 og:image:height: 3038 og:image:alt: Police Shootings NYC Protest og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dictionary.com Adds 'Woke,' 'Pokemon' and 'Butthurt' twitter:description: Also "ze" and “d-bag” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c52413fd4944397/69889c2b656a3f01bcbcc4ed/black_lives_matter_woke_dictionary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dictionary.com Adds 'Woke,' 'Pokemon' and 'Butthurt' > Sponsored content. 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Protesters hold signs during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New York, July 10, 2016. Seth Wenig—AP by [Katy Steinmetz](https://time.com/author/katy-steinmetz/) ## Katy Steinmetz Jul 19, 2016 12:00 PM UTC Dictionary.com added hundreds of new words to the online reference on Tuesday, in a way that shows how dictionaries are operating in the digital age. Whereas dictionary editors once only had reading materials and their own sensibilities to decide which words needed to be added, they’re now leveraging data about what people are actually looking up — or at least trying to look up. And that means many newly-defined words are more reflective than ever of what English speakers want to know about right now. “We get over 5.5 billion word lookups every year, and we analyze those lookups to identify new words that we haven’t seen before,” says Dictionary.com CEO Liz McMillan. “And when we see a critical mass of volume against a particular word, our lexicography team will start researching.” There is still an element of editorial discretion, she notes, describing the process as “algorithm first and human second.” That’s how the word [**_cisgender_**](http://time.com/3636430/cisgender-definition/) (a descriptor for people who are not transgender) got added earlier this year, along with new identity-focused additions such as [**_ze_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ze?s=t) (a gender neutral pronoun), [**_misgender_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/misgender?s=t)(referring to someone as the wrong gender) and [**_panromantic_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/panromantic?s=t)(describing someone who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities). As race relations remain top of mind for Americans, terms that were once used largely by academics or black Americans are going mainstream, and leading people to wonder what they mean, too. Among the new additions is [**_woke_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/woke?s=t), which Dictionary.com editors describe as being “actively aware of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those related to civil and human rights.” (Note: it’s a good idea to read up on [that word’s many layers](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/magazine/earning-the-woke-badge.html?%5Fr=0) before throwing it around on your social media accounts.) Also newly defined is [**_intersectionality_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/intersectionality?s=t)_,_ a word long relegated to liberal arts seminars that icons like [actress Laverne Cox](http://time.com/132769/transgender-orange-is-the-new-black-laverne-cox-interview/) have helped popularize. Dictionary.com’s definition: “the theory that the overlap of various social identities such as race, gender, sexuality, and class contributes to the specific type of systemic oppression and discrimination experienced by an individual.” It’s often a way of expressing that the sum of one’s identities is greater than the parts when it comes to what it’s like moving through the world. Being a man is one thing if it’s layered with being white and straight versus, say, [Blaxican](http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/08/467358961/an-emerging-entry-in-americas-multiracial-vocabulary-blaxican) and bisexual. Another clear theme in this batch of 300 new words and about 1,700 updated entries is our ongoing obsession with technology ([**_click fraud_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/click-fraud?s=t), [**_digital badge_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/digital-badge?s=t), [**_kill switch_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/kill-switch?s=t)). There is evidence of the changing ways we’re working ([**_gig economy_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gig-economy?s=t)_,_ [**_influencer_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/influencer?s=t)) and playing ([**_Poké_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/pokemon?s=t)[**_mon_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/pokemon?s=t), [**_athleisure_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/athleisure?s=t), [**_lumbersexual_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lumbersexual?s=t)) and eating ([**_farm-to-table_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/farm-to-table?s=t), [**_al desko_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/al-desko?s=t)). There are also, as always, newer words that describe emotions and types of people that have been around for centuries, such as [**_butthurt_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/butthurt?s=t) (to feel mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, etc.) and [**_d-bag_**](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/d-bag?s=t) (a contemptible or despicable person). “With technology we have an opportunity to make the dictionary more of a living, breathing thing, like language itself,” says McMillan. ## Transcript [00:00] It's that time of the year again, when the proper and pristine [00:03] dictionary companies show how hip they are by adding [00:06] slang terms to its hallowed pages. This time its Oxford's [00:10] turn. The Oxford Dictionary branch added 1000 new words [00:13] to oxforddictionaries. com. You're now the face, you're the [00:16] new face of manspreading. Alright. This pisses me off. [00:19] [ LAUGH ] One of the new words is manspreading. You [00:22] know the guy who sits with his legs wide apart on the [00:25] subway. The addition of manspreading comes shortly after [00:28] the addition of mansplaining from last year's update. [00:31] Speaking of mansplaining, wine o'clock was added to this [00:35] year's edition along with its less classy companion, beer [00:39] o'clock. I love that stuff. Been drinking it for years The best [00:43] part, there's no actual time in either definition. We checked. [00:48] Hangry and snackable make up some of the other dietary [00:51] words added to this year's update. Moving on to the always [00:54] important cat lingo, cat cafe was added this year. For those [00:58] of you who don't have an unhealthy feline obsession, cat [01:01] cafe's are businesses where people pay To play with cats [01:06] they don't own. Now this last one has been begging to be [01:09] added for quite some time now. I'm the leader of the free [01:12] world. [ SOUND ] I'm [01:16] leaving. [ SOUND ] The [01:22] coveted mic drop was also added this year. For more [01:25] newly added words to the Oxford dictionary like [01:29] awesomesauce, NBD, **** dial, and more. 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