Associated Press Stylebook | New Entries

As a paid subscriber to the online version of the Associated Press Stylebook, I usually get an email alert when AP adds items or revises them. I haven't gotten a message lately. But while at the site, I noticed some recent additions. 

Here are a few that caught my attention:

• Carnival Capitalize when referring specifically to the revelry in many Roman Catholic countries preceding Lent. Otherwise a carnival is lowercase.
• Xmas Don’t use this abbreviation for Christmas.
• roller coaster [Two words.]
• regifting [No hyphen.] Passing along an unwanted present to someone else.
• populist Supports the rights and power of the common people; advocates unorthodox solutions; often critical of establishment politicians and political parties.
• indie Short for an independent film, meaning that it was originally made without the support of a major studio. [Though AP doesn't mention it, this word is also used to identify styles of music: indie pop, indie rock.]
• happy holidays, merry Christmas, season’s greetings Such phrases are generally spelled lowercase, though Christmas is always capitalized.
• Christmastime One word.
• doughnut [Preferred spelling.]
• face-lift [Include hyphen.]