Tag Archives: Merriam-Webster

Among the new words added to this year’s Merriam-Webster dictionary: netroots, webinar, air quotes, Texas Hold ‘Em, mondegreen, pescatarian, infinity pool, dirty bomb, mental health day, subprime. I’m still waiting for “embiggen” to make it. Also: “greedy bottom.”

The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2007: w00t! The rest of this year’s top ten: 2. facebook3. conundrum4. quixotic5. blamestorm6. sardoodledom7.apathetic8. Pecksniffian9. hypocrite10. charlatan Last year’s word of the year: truthiness..