It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 23rd.
Today's word is newfangled, spelled N-E-W-F-A-N-G-L-E-D.
Newfangled is an adjective.
It describes something that has been recently invented or developed,
and usually implies that this new thing is difficult for some to understand.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Ars Technica by Kyle Orland.
This important historical preservation work is as good an excuse as any to remember a time when toy companies were still figuring out how to convince the public that Nintendo's new-fangled portable games were something that could fit into their everyday life.
Newfangled is actually a pretty old word.
It dates all the way back to the 15th century,
having developed, from the even older adjective, Newfangled.
In its earliest documented uses,
Newfangled described a person who was fond of new fashions or ideas.
In its current usage, it typically, and often deprecatingly, describes anything that is new,
hip, hot, or happening, such as cutting-edge technology or popular slang.
Other times,
it's used with irony for something such as rock music that might have been new at one time but is hardly new anymore.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.