•November 3, 2021•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

How serendipitous!
Just as I was about to start typing something/anything here today, I received an email from the good folks at Merriam-Webster with the news that they have added 455 words and definitions.
You read that right: 455.
If this isn’t evidence that language changes, I don’t know what is.
Without further ado, here is a look at some of my favorites:
• Fluffernutter
When I was in elementary school there was a boy who lived across the street and two houses down from us. We were good friends, but I don’t remember his name. What I do remember was his mother would regularly make us Fluffernutter sandwiches, which is peanut butter and marshmallow fluff on white bread.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.