There’re some new words in town
and they’ve put ’em in the dictionary!
According to Merriam Webster, 25 new words were added to the dictionary in 2009. Do you know what they mean? Try your hand and see how “Hip”, “Mod”, “New” and “Happening” you are!
I’ll post the answers (as a comment to this post) tomorrow so y’all come on back!
1. acai
2. carbon footprint
3. cardioprotective
4. earmark
5. fan fiction
6. flash mob
7. frenemy
8. goji
9. green-collar
10. haram
11. locavore
12. memory foam
13. missalette
14. naproxen
15. neuroprotective
16. pharmacogenetics
17. physiatry
18. reggaeton
19. shawarma
20. sock puppet
21. staycation
22. vlog
23. waterboarding
24. webisode
25. zip line
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow morning 8am PST/11am EST for some Grace Talk Soup as Ethel the Editor shares 5 Quick Fixes to Instantly Improve Your Writing! AND we may give you some clues to the meanings of these words during the show!!
