「Sunday scaries!」・ I don't get to do many (socio-)linguistics posts, and this one is not about Japanese or JSL, but my Sociolinguistics students have been inspiring me this semester...

From The New York Times: The World, September 17, 2026.

For more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/merriam-webster-new-words-looksmaxxing-yacht-rock.html

Please don't get the Silver Week Scaries...