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NEW - Frenemy, locavore among new words in Webster's
Published July 10, 2009, 5:42 am, Corsicana Daily Sun
Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies?Plan to spend your staycation watching vlogs and webisodes
Journalists held in North Korea ask for pardon
Published July 10, 2009, 5:33 am, KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul
The sister of an American journalist sentenced with a co-worker to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp said that they're seeking
Frenemy, locavore added to Webster's
Published July 10, 2009, 5:30 am, Arizona Daily Sun
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies?
Frenemy, vlog make the cut in dictionary
Published July 10, 2009, 5:29 am, The Nashua Telegraph
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Do you use a sock puppet to secretly keep track of your frenemies? Plan to spend your staycation watching vlogs and webisodes? Or perhaps you plan to signal a flash mob for a quick bite of shawarma. ... - By RUSSELL CONTRERAS The Associated Press
Peeps for your peeps
Published July 10, 2009, 4:51 am, Everett Herald
Not just for Easter anymore: Marshmallow Peeps, those chick-shaped mounds of brightly colored sugar fluff , are getting their own store in Maryland.
Taiwan proposes new Chinese-language dictionary
Published July 10, 2009, 4:01 am, AP via Yahoo! Philippines News
Taiwan's ruling party says it will propose the creation of a new Chinese-language dictionary with mainland China that incorporates vocabulary and phrases used on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Legalise it
Published July 10, 2009, 3:40 am, The Copenhagen Post
Look up the term ‘narcotic’ in the dictionary and you’ll find something along the lines of ‘an addictive substance that in moderate doses dulls the senses, relieves pain and induces profound sleep, but in excessive doses causes stupor, coma, or convulsions’.
Watercooler Stories
Published July 10, 2009, 3:37 am, UPI
Internet, globalization shape new words … Well-dressed beggar says good clothes help … Some Calif. stations reject pro-pot ad … Customers decide barbershop price … Watercooler stories from UPI.
DICTIONARY WORDS UP
Published July 10, 2009, 3:28 am, New York Post
The Merriam-Webster's dictionary yesterday recognized 100 new words including frenemy (a despised rival with whom you pretend to be friends) and staycation (a vacation spent at home or nearby). Merriam-Webster said it chose words not just "used...
Video: Dictionary's new words
Published July 10, 2009, 3:20 am, Daily Local News
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has added about 100 new words that largely reflect changing trends in American society.
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