From fluffernutter to horchata — how do new food words make it into the dictionary?

Fluffernutter: a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow crème between two slices of white sandwich bread.

If you're from the Northeast, you may be familiar with the sweet "delicacy" known as fluffernutter. While the sandwich is most popular in the New England area (it was invented in Massachusetts in the second decade of the 20th century), its influence and prevalence have spread throughout the country over the past century. In Los Angeles, you'll find a deep-fried version with bananas at three of Antonia Lofaso's restaurants (Black Market Liquor Bar, Dama and Scopa Italian Roots). The Little Fish pop-up in Echo Park has been known to serve a fluffernutter for dessert.

But the word fluffernutter didn't officially