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‘Glow-up,’ ‘cuffing season’ among 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary

ABC7 New York and OAN describe the same event in different terms.

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As of September 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Merriam-Webster added 1,400 new words and definitions to its dictionary, including “glow-up,” “cuffing season,” “Sunday scaries” and “vibe coding.”.
The headline split The center frames it as "‘Glow-up,’ ‘cuffing season’ among 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary". The right frames it as "‘Looksmaxxing,’ ‘cuffing season’ and ‘glow up’ added to Merriam-Webster dictionary among...".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 4 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

4 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceMild

34/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

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Center‘Glow-up,’ ‘cuffing season’ among 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary

KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles · Center · News report

Right / center-right‘Looksmaxxing,’ ‘cuffing season’ and ‘glow up’ added to Merriam-Webster dictionary among 1.4K new words

OAN · Right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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KABC / ABC7 Los AngelesNews report · Sep 17, 8:38 PM

‘Glow-up,’ ‘cuffing season’ among 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary

Merriam-Webster added 1,400 new words and definitions to its dictionary, including “glow-up,” “cuffing season,” “Sunday scaries” and “vibe coding.”

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OANNews report · Sep 17, 8:56 PM

‘Looksmaxxing,’ ‘cuffing season’ and ‘glow up’ added to Merriam-Webster dictionary among 1.4K new words

Merriam-Webster has added a plethora of new words to its dictionary with a wide scope ranging from food and dating terms to artificial intelligence (AI) vocabulary.

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KGO / ABC7 San FranciscoNews report · Sep 17, 8:38 PM

‘Glow-up,’ ‘cuffing season’ among 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary

Merriam-Webster added 1,400 new words and definitions to its dictionary, including “glow-up,” “cuffing season,” “Sunday scaries” and “vibe coding.”

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ABC7 New YorkNews report · Sep 17, 8:38 PM

‘Glow-up,’ ‘cuffing season’ among 1,400 new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionary

Merriam-Webster added 1,400 new words and definitions to its dictionary, including “glow-up,” “cuffing season,” “Sunday scaries” and “vibe coding.”

Open source
Details34/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 4 sources
34/99 Wording GapMedium confidence4 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 17, 8:38 PM: KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles joined the source map.

Sep 17, 8:38 PM: KGO / ABC7 San Francisco joined the source map.

Sep 17, 8:38 PM: ABC7 New York joined the source map.

Sep 17, 8:56 PM: OAN joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 34/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.