Tuesday, October 04, 2005

New words

"Bikini wax," "brain freeze," "chick flick" and "Wi-Fi" are among the new words added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.

New words proposed for next edition:

gagin: v., mismanage, muck up; as in, "The government really nagined that project."

dubya: n., confusion, chaos; as in, "The whole hurricane relief effort in Louisiana was utter dubya."


[merriam-webster.com]

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