New Words Included in Webster's Dictionary (2009)

         We were harvesting our in-laws 'rambutan' fruit tree when one of my inlaws' house boarder who's only an elementary student told me how she hated her frenemy classmate. I then interrupted her thinking that she might have mistakenly pronounced a word or may wrong used a 'jejemon' limbo(a new language created by Filipino teenagers where in English words are intentionally mispelled and mis pronounced).  Knowing that she is enrolled in a good school, I again asked her about the word "frenemy", she humbly explained that I heard her right. She said it was a word included in the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary which was released just this year.

        So I hurriedly opened my internet and search for more words which are included in the new Webster dictionary.

       Here were some of the interesting words I stumbled on:

• staycation --> refers to staying home for vacation
• vlogs --> a blog that contains video material
• webisodes --> a TV show that can be viewed at a Web site
• shawarma --> a sandwich especially of sliced lamb or chicken, vegetables, and often tahini wrapped in pita bread
• green-collar --> involving actions for protecting the natural environment
• waterboarding --> an interrogation technique use to induce the sensation of drowning
• locavore --> one who eats foods grown locally
• flash mob--> a group of people summoned electronically to a designated spot at a specified time to perform an indicated action before dispersing
• sock puppet — a false online identity used for deceptive purposes — was tracked to 1959 but has taken on new popular use with people using fake IDs on social networking sites
• reggaeton --> music of Puerto Rican origin that combines rap and Caribbean rhythms
• frenemy --> someone who acts like a friend but is really an enemy

           According to president and publisher of the Springfield-based dictionary publisher, John Morse,  says that many of this year's new words are result of changes in technology, increasing environmental awareness and aging baby boomers' concerns about their health and have become part of the general lexicon. Mr. Morse also added, "These are not new words in the language, by any means.. (But) when words like 'neuroprotective' and 'cardioprotective' show up in the Collegiate, it's because we've made the judgment that these are not just words used by specialists. ... These really are words now likely to show up in The New York Times, in The Wall Street Journal."

            Words which are commonly used in covversations and now are possibly be used on print ads, then again possiblity  of inclusion of these words in the dictionary are high.

       
           But ofcourse there are those words that still exist for years and are still famoously used but still wasn't able to make it to the Webster's list, then again, are still in the evaluation of face years in limbo as wordsmiths but still have to wait to see if they are just fads.

           The author of "Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends," Dave Wilton says  it's difficult to draw conclusions about trends in society with just a handful of new words. The also cleared that, "It's also an editorial decision and reflects what the (dictionary) editors deemed important that year," Wilton said. "Most of these words have been around for a while but for some reason they grabbed the attention of editors this time."

 Researched form :

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530990,00.html