They are Finally Adding Ginormous to the Dictionary

Merriam Webster released a tantalizing list of new additions to their Merriam-Webster's Collegiate^® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. While the list is not Ginormous it does have some interesting new words, some words that have been around awhile, and a few words you probably wish you never heard of. So for all of you who are dying to update your spell checkers with the 100 or so new words here is a list of twenty to start with.

• 1. agnolotti
• 2. Bollywood
• 3. chaebol
• 4. crunk
• 5. DVR
• 6. flex-cuff
• 7. ginormous
• 8. gray literature
• 9. hardscape
• 10. IED
• 11. microgreen
• 12. nocebo
• 13. perfect storm
• 14. RPG
• 15. smackdown
• 16. snowboardcross
• 17. speed dating
• 18. sudoku
• 19. telenovela
• 20. viewshed

Why not throw a couple of these in one of your papers and see if you get it marked wrong?

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