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'New Words' Added to Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
Here's a sample of the nearly new words that have been added to this year's edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Amuse-bouche (noun): a small complimentary appetizer offered at some restaurants
Battle dress uniform (noun): a military uniform for field service
Bikini wax (noun): a procedure for removing pubic hair from the skin near the edge of the bottom half of a bikini by applying hot wax, covering the wax with a cloth to which the wax and hair adhere, and then peeling it off quickly
Brain freeze (noun): a sudden shooting pain in the head caused by ingesting very cold food (as ice cream) or drink
Chick flick (noun) : a motion picture intended to appeal especially to women
Civil union (noun): the legal status that ensures to same-sex couples specified rights and responsibilities of married couples
Cybrarian (noun) : a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the Web
DHS (abbreviation) : Department of Homeland Security
Hazmat (noun): a material (as flammable or poisonous material) that would be a danger to life or to the environment if released without precautions
Hospitalist (noun) : a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients of other physicians in order to minimize the number of hospital visits by other physicians
Metadata (noun): data that provide information about other data
Otology (noun): a science that deals with the ear and its diseases
Retronym (noun): a term consisting of a noun and a modifier which specifies the original meaning of the noun. ("Film camera," for instance)
SARS (noun): (severe acute respiratory syndrome) -- a severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus (genus Coronavirus), is transmitted esp. by contact with infectious material (as respiratory droplets), and is marked by fever, headache, body aches, a dry cough, hypoxia, and usually pneumonia
Steganography (noun): 1. archaic, cryptography, 2. the art or practice of concealing a message, image, or file within another message, image, or file
Tide pool (noun): a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) by an ebbing tide, called also tidal pool.
Wi-Fi (certification mark): used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices
Zaibatsu (noun): a powerful financial and industrial conglomerate of Japan
Submitted by Pasadena Phil
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