A total of 150 new words are entering the 2021 edition of the famous dictionary, Le Petit Larousse, available in bookstores on June 3.
The word "coronavirus" has been present in the lexicon for a while, but the new edition tells us "that a new strain, discovered at the end of 2019" is "responsible for a major epidemic".
Hipsterisation and Ascension
Among the new words, the word "remontada", that is to say "the unexpected return of score allowing the team which loses to gain the victory in a football match, when there was a big difference of points between the two teams ", will certainly bring back bad memories to PSG supporters.
The "hipsterisation" (that is to say the transformation of a popular place by the arrival in number of hipsters) of "the" hypercentre "of certain big cities makes bloom the" alternative schools "which are sometimes attended by children of "influencers" (person who, by their social position, their notoriety and / or their media exposure, has a great power of influence on public opinion, even on decision makers) who enjoy the benefits of "flexibilisation".
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In the political sphere, Le Petit Larousse introduced the "Black Blocks", the "blockers" and other supporters of "clearance" without forgetting the "illébéraux" (opposed to liberalism and its main foundations). Thanks to the dictionary we also learn that "zebra" can designate a gifted child.
The typical vocabulary valued
Words from several French regions are entering the dictionary. Who does not want to try his luck at the "tirlibibi" (lottery in the North) except obviously, as they say in Savoy, to "play like a cavagne" (play very badly).
In total, the 2021 edition of Petit Larousse, sold for 30.95 euros, has more than 63,500 words and 28,000 proper names.
Among the new entrants are novelist Guillaume Musso, mysterious Italian writer Elena Ferrante, young climate activist Greta Thunberg and American football world champion Megan Rapinoe.