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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
an avid word enthusiast who is compiling a lexicon of archaic and unusual words
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Trump has backpedaled so much that a new term entered our lexicon: TACO, which means Trump Always Chickens Out.
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 23 June 2025
By now, The Simpsons has permeated our culture to the point where words the writers made up during the show’s first decade are entering the official lexicon.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 June 2025
The move, reported Thursday by CNN, is yet another of President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove references to climate change and the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the weather from the federal government’s lexicon and documents.
—Alexa St. John, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Phrases and terms that, at one point, held significance to a handful of folks in small, local ecosystems, if uttered by the right standout artist, have the potential to enter the wider cultural lexicon.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
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Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 23 June 2025
By now, The Simpsons has permeated our culture to the point where words the writers made up during the show’s first decade are entering the official lexicon.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 June 2025
The move, reported Thursday by CNN, is yet another of President Donald Trump’s efforts to remove references to climate change and the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the weather from the federal government’s lexicon and documents.
—Alexa St. John, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Phrases and terms that, at one point, held significance to a handful of folks in small, local ecosystems, if uttered by the right standout artist, have the potential to enter the wider cultural lexicon.
—Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lexicon
dictionary
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Being the kind of girl who used to read the introductions to dictionaries—and loves etymology enough to subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)—I had to look it up.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The latest system of this kind supported a dictionary of roughly 1,300 words.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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“Lexicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lexicon. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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