WHAT'S A "MOUSE POTATO"?

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WHAT'S A "MOUSE POTATO"?

Just ask Merriam-Webster, who added nearly 100 new words to the 11th edition of its Collegiate Dictionary. Some of the new that made the cut this year include:

Mouse potato (noun): a person who spends a great deal of time using a computer

Supersize (transitive verb): to increase considerably the size, amount or extent of

Ringtone (noun): the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call

Drama queen (noun): a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions

Unibrow (noun): a single continuous brow resulting from the growing together of eyebrows

For more new words, pick up a copy of "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition" this fall, or visit:
merriam-webster.com/info/new_words.htm

Also, according to the Merriam-Webster website, 2006 marks the 200th anniversary of America's first dictionary--Noah Webster's A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. For some of the words that made the list in 1806, visit:
merriam-webster.com/info/reform-glossary.htm