The company says the answer to "how do new words get in the dictionary" is simple; they get used. A lot.
According to the Internet, the editors at Merriam-Webster spend a bit of time each day reading different books, newspapers, magazines and electronic publications. While reading, they keep an eye out for things like new words or phrases, new spellings and new uses for existing words or phrases.
According to the Internet, the editors at Merriam-Webster spend a bit of time each day reading different books, newspapers, magazines and electronic publications. While reading, they keep an eye out for things like new words or phrases, new spellings and new uses for existing words or phrases.
When editors come across something interesting, they mark the word and collect information that explains how it is used and what it means. This process is called “reading and marking.”
Once a new word or phrase has been marked, editors enter it into a computer system. Then, the word is tracked and counted.....and if it is used some undisclosed number of times.....it automatically goes into the latest addition.
I came across some "new" very descriptive words...not yet used enough to make the cut...but words that I think are very likely to soon be included.
I came across some "new" very descriptive words...not yet used enough to make the cut...but words that I think are very likely to soon be included.
See if you agree:
Nonversation...a completely worthless
conversation...small talk.
Cellfish..an individual who continues
talking on their phone so as to be rude or inconsiderate of other
people.
Errorist...someone who repeatedly makes mistakes or is always wrong
Askhole...who asks many stupid,
pointless, or obnoxious questions
Internest....the cocoon of blankets and
pillows you gather around yourself while spending long periods on the
Internet
Chairdrobe... piling clothes on a chair in place of a closet or dresser....also see floordrobe
Unlightening...learning something that makes you
dumber
Destinesia...when you get to where you
were intending to go, but forget why you were going there in the
first place.
Textpectation....the anticipation felt
when waiting for a response to a text.
Columbusing...when people claim to have
discovered something that has been around for years, decades or
centuries.
Ambitchous...striving to be more of a
bitch than the average bitch.
Afterclap...the last person who claps
after everyone else has stopped.
Beerboarding....extracting secret info
from a colleague by getting him drunk.
Chiptease....when you buy a bag of
potato chips thinking that it will be full...but it turns out it's
just air.
On another subject, generally speaking, I believe the accepted terms for the age of groups of people are:
On another subject, generally speaking, I believe the accepted terms for the age of groups of people are:
40s ~ 50s = 'middle aged'
60s ~ 70s = 'seniors'
I don't like the term, "elderly"...but
"seasoned adults" ain't bad.
But the one I like best is, "finely aged."
-Ed