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From A for acai to Z for zip line: New words in US lexicon

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More than 100 new words, from acai to zip line via carbon footprint and waterboarding, have entered the mainstream in the United States after being added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. As every year, the new words paint a sociological picture of trends and events that are influencing Americans. Health and medicine, technology, and words related to food and eating are well represented. The three rubrics have been the richest picking grounds for new words in the last decade. This...Read Full Story

Runners-up to Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year

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The runners-up to Merriam-Webster's 2009 Word of the Year (admonish), with definitions from the publisher's collegiate dictionary and, when applicable, the news event or story that generated the interest in the word: _ Emaciated (adj.): To cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin. Michael Jackson was described in some news reports as emaciated at the time of his death. _ Empathy (noun): The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the...Read Full Story

Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year

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Merriam-Webster's annual Words of the Year dating to 2003, when the publisher started making the selection: 2009: Admonish — "to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner." Extensively looked up after Rep. Joseph Wilson, R-South Carolina, was admonished for shouting "you lie" at President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress. 2008: Bailout — "A rescue from financial distress." Selected by huge volume of lookups as Congress was considering $700...Read Full Story

New words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 entries to the latest edition of its Collegiate Dictionary. Here are some, along with the year in which Merriam-Webster researchers first found them used in an English-language publication, and their meanings: Acai (1868): a small dark purple fleshy berrylike fruit of a tall slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) of tropical Central and South America that is often used in beverages. Carbon footprint (1999): the negative impact that something (as a person...Read Full Story

Merriam-Webster Honors Lyrically Misunderstood Lady Mondegreen

By jessed on | From write-better.blogspot.com

If you have ever misheard a song or poem and come up with your own version of the words, you are already familiar with the concept of the " mondegreen ," one of over 100 new words included in the annual update of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary , Eleventh Edition . Mondegreen -a noun defined as a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung-was first coined by author Sylvia Wright in 1954, when she wrote an article for Atlantic magazine confessing to a...Read Full Story

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Just a quickie, but more later. Slow connection here in Puerto Vallara and I couldn't figure out how to log in because I get the Spanish language version. I will load in some pictures and hook up my keyboard this afternoon. Slow going poking at this iPad screen.Having a great time down here even though it is a bit overcast, damp, and windy this morning.For now, adios.

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Motorola has announced this week that XOOM units sold through Woot.com’s refurbish and sell program in the past few months may have previous users data aboard. This mishap stems from improperly reformatted devices being brought in to various dealers in the last year, the groups leading up to Woot’s resale having not taken measures necessary [...]

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Woot offers TouchPad refurbs for $220 a piece

The HP TouchPad must be having the most prolonged demise of any device ever, with each death throe sending additional units squirting into the market. There was the $99 fire sale after HP announced plans to kill all webOS devices, the final production run, the sale of a last batch of devices to HP employees, the eBay sale in December... and now this.Woot is currently offering refurbished HP TouchPads with 32GB of built-in storage for $219.99 a...

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Archos 101 G9 Turbo 10-Inch Tablet Hits Woot! for $280

If you are looking for a faster than average Android tablet that won’t break your bank, Archos has you covered with the Turbo edition of the Archos 101 G9 that has now popped up on Woot! for $279.99 (210 EUR). Compared to the 1.2GHz version that is ...

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They Call Him "Dark Farmer" And He's Very Symbolic: Woot Weads The Wire

Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire. WELLINGTON (REUTERS) A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt...

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