And Another Thing: Top 25 new words in Miriam-Webster's dictionary
Every year, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary adds about 100 new words or expressions. The company has just released a list of 25 of those 100 new words for this year, and I just thought it would be fun to run through that list with quick definitions of a few words that maybe people wouldn't know (or, to be more precise, I didn't).
Start with 21 new words or expressions:
aha moment
brain cramp
bucket list
cloud computing
Copernicium - a new element, named for Copernicus
craft beer
e-reader
energy drink
f-bomb
flexitarian - someone who usually doesn't eat meat or fish but might on occasion
game changer
gastropub - a neighborhood pub or bistro with really good food
geocaching - a game or sport where people use GPS to hide and find "caches"
life coach
man cave
mash-up
obesogenic - situations or conditions tending to create obesity
sexting
shovel-ready
systemic risk
tipping point
In addition to those 21 new words and expressions, there are new, additional definitions for four existing words:
earworm
gassed - really tired
toxic
underwater
Sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/fbomb-sexting-among-100-d_n_1774070.html
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