LITE 98.7 » dictionary http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Entry To Dictionary Might Surprise You http://lite987.com/new-entry-to-dictionary-might-surprise-you/ http://lite987.com/new-entry-to-dictionary-might-surprise-you/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:10:03 +0000 Trudy http://lite987.com/?p=100099 Merriam- Webster has announced the newest words they'll be featuring in their dictionary.  I did a double take when I saw one of the newest  additions and thought you might too. 

]]> http://lite987.com/new-entry-to-dictionary-might-surprise-you/feed/ 0 Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images Sexting, Retweet and Jeggings Among New Words Added to Dictionary http://lite987.com/sexting-retweet-jeggings-added-to-dictionary/ http://lite987.com/sexting-retweet-jeggings-added-to-dictionary/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:08:01 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=29063 The ‘Concise Oxford English Dictionary,’ celebrating its 100th birthday this year, has added 400 new entries to the English language.

The freshman class of words that are now officially, well, words include “sexting,” “retweet,” “mankini,” “noob,” “jeggings,” and “woot.”

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