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‘F-bomb,’ ‘sexting,’ ‘man cave’ added to Merriam-Webster dictionary
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 20541213:MV8xOTU3NzY3XzMyODM1MzU3XzgxMEIyQjE4] Sickening....more proof we're in the end of times. [/quote]
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"We saw another huge spike after Dick Cheney dropped an F-bomb in the Senate in 2004," Kory Stamper, an associate editor for Merriam-Webster, told The Associated Press. "It's a word that is very visually evocative. It's not just the F-word. It's F-bomb. You know that it's going to cause a lot of consternation and possible damage."
"Brain cramp," "bucket list," "energy drink," "life coach" and "aha moment" are also among the additions to the 114-year-old dictionary.
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