Twitter and Gourmet Sex: They're in the Dictionary Now

Sep. 4, 2009

The 30th Anniversary edition of the Collins English Dictionary includes words like mankini and boomburb. But the most fertile soil for new words seems to be social media and the global downturn

Dictionary to define 'meh'

GLASGOW, Scotland, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The Glasgow, Scotland, publishers of the Collins English Dictionary said "meh" will be added to the tome as an interjection and an adjective suggesting boredom.

Sex tape spliced into graduation video

Boy finds dead uncle's pic in sale camera

Witness: Face-eating man was growling

Littering case over dollar dropped

New theory addresses frozen Earth paradox

Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee

View Caption

Enlarge Photo

Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler

Resources: Auto Dealers - Motivational Speaker

UPI.com is your trusted source for world news, top news, science news, health news and current events.
We thank you for visiting us and we hope that we will be your daily stop for news updates.

Odd News

Twitter and Gourmet Sex: They're in the Dictionary Now

Dictionary to define 'meh'