[Lexicog] Merriam-Webster unveils new dictionary entries

[Wayne Leman]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/07/06/dictionary.new.words.ap/index.html

To make it into the dictionary, a word has to be more than a 
flash-in-the-pan fad. It needs staying power.

"We need evidence that the word is showing up in publications that people 
are reading on an everyday basis," Morse said. Lexicographers comb through 
national newspapers, entertainment magazines, trade journals and Web sites 
in search of new words and phrases.



Some new words mentioned in this CNN article:

unibrow

soul patch

drama queen

empty suit

himbo

mouse potato

biodiesel



Wayne Leman



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