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Word Icons

Legendary figures and the words that define them


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

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