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More new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary 3

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2ffat

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Can you guess what some of the new words are without looking at CNet's article?


James P. Cottingham
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headline said:
'Hashtag,' 'selfie,' and 'tweep' join Merriam-Webster dictionary

Tweep???
 
Yep, that's really far off. Back when I used twitter a lot, it was a trend to modify most words with a TW prefix to "twitterize" them. A plague.

Actually it should only exist as plural tweeps (twitter people). The word has the root in peeps, an abbreviation of people introduced in the 1950s according to the oxford dictionaries:

Bye, Olaf.
 
Personally I STILL prefer calling Twitter obsessed people TWITS

Chris.

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I'm going to guess
Selfie (already mentioned)
Twerk
Bromance

.... any of those?


Just my 2¢

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