Wednesday, July 11, 2007

New Words


New Mirriam Webster Dictionary Includes 'Ginormous'

I thought ginormous was a word, but crunk is a new one to me.

The English language is full of surprises. For example, gullible is a word that's
not in the dictionary, yet everyone knows what it mean. Go figure.

12 comments:

Darrell said...

Dumbing down the dictionary seems like a bad idea to me. In fact, I'd call it a ginormous mistake.

WomanHonorThyself said...

ha u should read the urban dictionary Cube!

birdwoman said...

(I'll bite...)
Hey, I found gullible in the dictionary!

(cue 70's laugh track)

hey, it's the beauty of English. It is dynamic - with forces for change and structure constantly battling and allowing for growth. Remember, contractions were once considered "dumbing down the language".

(*)>

Jamie Dawn said...

Well, at least they added sudoku to the list.
Hitonious just isn't that IN yet, but just you WAIT!!!

I won't be adding "crunk" to my vocabulary. Any kind of rap is hitonious to me.

David Amulet said...

I lost faith in dictionaries when I heard "Doh!" from The Simpsons made it in.

-- david

Yanks4Life23519 said...

yes...Body Count is a mystery and deals with the FBI and profiling...definitely check it out! :)

Marti said...

I'm Southern, but I'll pass on the crunk. My hillbilly relatives make crank, but uh, you didn't hear that from me

(Ginormous laugh)

Jen said...

Maybe crunk=crap+junk?

Just a thought.

Brooke said...

I tested my Webster's dictionary widget, and the only two I couldn't find were crunk and sudoku.

All the other words, including ginormous, were there.

Opinionnation said...

Maybe crunk=crap+junk?

LOL.

Caz said...

I've never been gullible enough to buy the Mirriam Webster Dictionary.

All of my dictionaries include common words like gullible. Someone must be having a lend of you Cube.

cube said...

caz: Gotcha! It was a small joke.