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Old 05-06-2015, 07:41 AM
 
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Dictionary.com adding new words officially to the English language.

My favorite: anecdata.

Brogrammer, hyperlocal: Dictionary.com adds new words
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Old 05-06-2015, 07:42 AM
 
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brogrammer, lol. I'm gonna use that one.
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Old 05-06-2015, 08:05 AM
 
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The definition of words used to be a serious and intellectual pursuit; apparently, that is no longer the case.
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Old 05-06-2015, 08:09 AM
 
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People have been using anecdata for thousands of years, particularly on C-D (which was incidentally started by the Egyptians on stone tablet. I heard that somewhere).

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Old 05-07-2015, 04:32 AM
 
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Pretty cool except this one which I thought was at least a century old:

"basic:*characterized by predictable or unoriginal style, interests, or behavior."
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