Lore, legend and just so many syllables: The Oxford English Dictionary is in the midst of a revamp

How does one track a language evolving so fast? Efforts have involved JRR Tolkein, K-dramas, and a red post box that still stands outside a home in Oxford.

Squid Game, social media and a coffee craze came together to contribute one of the newest words in the Oxford English Dictionary.

“Dalgona” was added in December.

The beverage (2 tbsp each of instant coffee, sugar and boiling water, whipped to a froth) caught on in South Korea but was invented in Macau. It became a trend, a hashtag and entirely unavoidable after it entered the world of K-dramas, and then the Korean Netflix series Squid Game.

It’s “a perfect