Welcome to a new kind of definition!
Each of our Word Icons, someone with a special connection to a word, has provided a video of themselves reading the definition – which will live on the word’s page on Merriam-Webster.com.
We proudly present our Word Icons:
✪ "Weird Al" Yankovic and weird
✪ Mariah Carey and Christmastime
✪ Oscar The Grouch and scram
✪ Bryan Cranston and Pollyannaish
✪ Whoopi Goldberg and EGOT
✪ Jim Gaffigan and pale
✪ Heidi Klum and worm
✪ Billie Jean King and trailblazer




