A tweet posted to the dictionary’s feed linking to this definition quickly racked up several hundred retweets. Sales of print dictionaries remain brisk and are a profit center for some publishers. Social media has been revolutionary in changing the access lexicographers have to the evolution of how words are used. The intent is not to be political or partisan, said Lauren Sliter, who runs the marketing department at Dictionary.com and writes the Twitter feed. “The trend watch is apolitical,” he said, but added that “the Twitter feed can be edgy.”And popular.

Source: New York Times February 11, 2017 10:52 UTC