Google, Spyware Added to Dictionary
By Nate Mook | Published July 6, 2006, 1:31 PM
The eleventh edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is set to officially bring 100 new words into the English lexicon, including a handful from the world of technology. "Google" is now a full-fledged verb that means using the Google search engine to retrieve information.
"Spyware" and "ringtone" are also new entrants into the dictionary, as well as "mouse potato," which means a person spending a great deal of time on the computer. Merriam-Webster lexicographers scour magazines, newspapers and Web sites in order to discover new phrases that are being used everyday. Also new to the dictionary: "supersize" and "bling."
I'm still waiting for them to add:
ROFBMLFO (Rolling on the floor because my limbs fell off)
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|ROFLMAOAYMBSIFAH
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|see synonyms at "evil" ... am i right folks? my tinfoil hat and Sarah Michelle Gellar say i'm right.
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|lmao "bling"
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|Spyware is added? Does the dictionary mention WGA?
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|they must add OMG, WTF?
OMFG, ROLFCOPTER
and many more
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|no.
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|They must not.
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