Sunday

New Webster Words Illustrate Where We Are

I sporadically visit the Webster website in a weak attempt to keep my language colorful and recently noticed this page that highlighted a few of the new words incorporated into Webster for 2009. Its interesting how even in this abbreviated list, the language we use is a good indication of what our world finds important enough to create words to express. ( and how mother Mac's tenacity to add that red dotted line will never cease to amaze me)

Sharing Via the Web:
fan fiction, vlog, webisodes

Environmentalism:
carbon footprint, locavore, green collar

Physical Medicine:
cardioprotective, naproxen, pharmacogenetics...

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