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The Oxford English Dictionary will include “blog<\/a>” in their next edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Oxford English Dictionary will include “blog” in their next edition. 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