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  1. woman; red yellow filter

    Words That Women Have Coined

  2. Dictionary.com’s Top Slang Of 2020

    We heard it over and over again: 2020 was an unprecedented year. (Although 2021 is certainly doing its best to pick up where 2020 left off …) Our users agreed, choosing the word unprecedented as the People’s Choice Word of the Year. 2020 was, without a doubt, an extraordinary year—and it set off an extraordinary year for language, too, including compelling us to name the …

  3. BIPOC Mental Health Month

    BIPOC Mental Health Month is a month-long observance dedicated to raising awareness about and building support around the mental health issues specifically faced by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (abbreviated as BIPOC) in the…
  4. vaccine hesitancy

    Vaccine hesitancy is unwillingness or refusal to accept a vaccine even when one is available. Vaccine hesitancy is a general term that is used to refer both to people hesitant to take some specific vaccines…
  5. rest in power

    A variation on rest in peace, rest in power is used, especially in Black and LGBTQ communities, to commemorate a person whose death is considered unjust or wrongful. In this way, rest in power is…