Thursday, October 15, 2009

Words Act Two: Thank you Merriam

Merriam Webster has a handy page with its new words; here are a few added in 2009, apparently.
  • haram  (was this really not in there before??)
  • memory foam
  • sock puppet (Do not be fooled: While this word surely existed in MW's files before (" a hand puppet made with a sock") it is not also noted as "a false online identity used for deceptive purposes."  Good to know...
  • Mouse Potato
 My favorite part is how they categorize these new words in lists.  For instance, the two newest entries under
The Human Condition were, drumroll please...............

drama queen
unibrow

I thought the categorization seemed strange at first, but I suppose these are, in fact, human conditions.  And where else are they supposed to fit??

1 comment:

  1. OK...Mouse potato? Never heard of it, but totally hilarious, and true.

    May you not be afflicted by these new human conditions.

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