Merriam-Webster’s 11th Ed. Collegiate Dictionary has its new word list out. Some of the highlights:
- Technology and Computers: mouse potato, ringtone, spyware
- Science and Medicine: avian influenza, biodiesel, gastric bypass
- Pop Culture: soul patch, supersize, unibrow
- Entertainment and Leisure: labelmate, wave pool
- The Human Condition: drama queen, unibrow
- International: manga, qigong
- Business and Industry: agritourism, big-box
- Nature: aquascape, coqui
- Miscellaneous: polyamory, sandwich generation
Had to look a couple of them up, I’ll confess.
Another word added: google, as a verb (though the definition still capitalizes the firm it’s associated with).
You can also see the new words in 1806 (which is interesting if, for nothing else, to see what words have since vanished or changed their meanings).
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Only had to look up Coqui, and Lablemate.
Sadly, I have become very aquainted with the word Dramaqueen over the past 18 months. ;P
Now we need to make a push for Dramallama.
I had to look up qigong, sandwich generation, and labelmate.