It may come as a surprise that most people outside of New England do not know that joy. In fact, both the fluffernutter and fluff itself were invented in Massachusetts in the earl ...

He added, “Every word has its own pace.” The “evidence of first use” for fluffernutter occurred in The Daily Freeman newspaper in Kingston, New York, on Nov. 20, 1961, Sokolowski said.

But fluffernutter was rejected for inclusion in 1980, and again in 1983, 1993 and 2003, before finally reaching dictionary word status this year.

Fluffernutter sandwiches are ridiculously easy to make. You just need three ingredients: sandwich bread, peanut butter, and marshmallow crème. It’s been a lunchtime staple for about a century.

For the folk-rock legend, the list includes chicken and biscuits from Girl & the Goat, a stop at Atrium and backyard stargazing at her home near Calabasas.

But fluffernutter was rejected for inclusion in 1980, and again in 1983, 1993 and 2003, before finally reaching dictionary word status this year.