This may be my absolute fave word this time around.

These are my favourites from the list of new-word entries of March 2020 in Oxford English Dictionary (OED); there's a lot of info in relation to Christianity and bears:

• ameiotic, adj.: “Designating asexual reproduction, spec. parthenogenesis, from diploid gametes produced by ameiosis. Cf. apomictic adj.”
• ameliorism, n.: “The doctrine or belief that the world, or society, may be improved and suffering alleviated through rightly directed human effort; = meliorism n.”
• anecdata, n.: “Information or evidence based on reports of individual cases rather than systematic research or analysis; anecdotal evidence.”
• anemophobia in anemo-, comb. form: “fear of wind.”
• anergic, adj.: “Chiefly Psychiatry. Lacking mental or physical energy; characterized by lack of mental or physical energy. Cf. anergia n. anergy n. 1.”
• Christianocategorian, n.: “An accuser of Christians.”
• Christianophobia, n.: “Intense dislike or fear of Christianity; hostility or prejudice towards Christians. Cf. Christophobia n.”
• Christophobia, n.: “Intense dislike or fear of Christianity; hostility or prejudice towards Christians. Cf. Christianophobia n.”
• coulrophobia, n.: “Extreme or irrational fear of clowns.”
• deleter, n.: “A person who or thing which deletes something.”
• finna, v.: “‘Fixing to’ (see fix v. 16a); intending or preparing to; about to.”
• heterophilic, adj.2 and n.: “Chiefly Sociology. Of or relating to the tendency of people to seek out or be drawn to those they perceive to be different to themselves. Cf…”
• puggle, n.2: “A young or baby echidna or platypus.”
• spaff, v.: “intransitive. Of a man: to ejaculate. Also transitive in phrases such as to spaff one’s load: to ejaculate semen (cf. load n. additions ).”

Notable sub-entries

• Christ-killer in Christ, n. and int.: “†(a) a person who has (or is considered to have) acted or spoken against Christ’s teachings (obsolete); (b) (in later use) slang (derogatory and…”
• Christomania in Christo-, comb. form: “ardent or excessive enthusiasm for Christ.”
• to dree death in dree, v.: “to dree death: to die. Obsolete (archaic and literary in later use).”
• Jesus creeper in Jesus, n., int., and adj.: “an open-toed (leather) sandal of a simple or functional style, resembling that (supposedly) worn by Jesus.”
• shit ton in shit, n. and adj.: “(usually with of) a large amount or number of something; = shitload n.”
• travel broadens the mind in travel, n.: “Proverb. travel broadens (also enlarges) the mind: travel enables a person to learn new things or to see different points of view.”

Notable new senses

• ambivert, n. and adj., sense B: “Exhibiting or characterized by a balance of extrovert and introvert tendencies or traits.”
• ambuscade, v., sense 4: “transitive (frequently in passive). To carry out a surprise attack on (a person or group); to ambush. Cf. ambuscado v. 3.”
• meliorate, v., sense 3: “intransitive. Linguistics. Of a word, expression, etc.: to develop a more favourable meaning or more positive connotations. Cf. amelioration n. 3.”
• anencephaloid, adj., sense 1: “Perhaps: brainless, stupid. Obsolete. rare.”
• cannibalism, n., sense 3: “The adoption or appropriation of something for use in another of a similar kind. Also: the breaking up of something to provide parts for something…”
• deletion, n., sense 2b: “Linguistics. The omission of one or more elements from a word, sentence, etc.; ellipsis, elision; spec. (in transformational grammar) the omission of…”
• dreich, n., sense 4: “Scottish. Dullness, bleakness, gloom; spec. wet, cold, or overcast weather.”
• dreich, n., sense 5: “English regional (northern and north midlands). A difficult or tedious task; the hardest or most tedious part of a task.”