Wednesday, July 11, 2007

New dictionary includes 'ginormous'

In case you haven't heard, the folks over at Merriam-Webster (the same dictionary that brought us "d'oh!") have announced that their newest dictionary will contain 100 new words, including "crunk" and the ever-popular mish-mash, "ginormous." Go to Yahoo! News to see the full article.

Yahoo! News Article on Ginormous

And if you have more free time, go to Wikipedia and read the entry on other neologisms; you'd be surprised how many words started out being merely "buzzwords" (hint: this web log of typing may or may not be one of them).

Wikipedia Article on Neologisms

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