Erik Malinowski
Culture

Merriam-Webster Gives Much Linguistic Love to Ginormous, Sudoku, DVR

Copy chiefs everywhere rejoice! The wordinistas at Merriam-Webster have finally added some much-deserved wordage to their fantabulous dictionary. Some of the highlights include "ginormous," "sudoku," "DVR," "crunk," and "smackdowns." Word. MW prez John Morse and his company’s ginormous geniuses are already anticipating a semantic smackdown. That’s your cue, Johnny: "There will be linguistic conservatives who […]

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Copy chiefs everywhere rejoice! The wordinistas at Merriam-Webster have finally added some much-deserved wordage to their fantabulous dictionary. Some of the highlights include "ginormous," "sudoku," "DVR," "crunk," and "smackdowns."

Word.

MW prez John Morse and his company's ginormous geniuses are already anticipating a semantic smackdown. That's your cue, Johnny:

"There will be linguistic conservatives who will turn their nose up at a word like `ginormous.' ... But it's become a part of our language. It's used by professional writers in mainstream publications. It clearly has staying power."

Yeah, Morse is referring to guys like Allen Metcalf, a professor at MacMurray College:

"A new word that stands out and is ostentatious is going to sink like a lead balloon. It might enjoy a fringe existence."

You know, I might give him more credence if he didn't use fictitious words like ostentatious. Hack.

What say you, good people? What words are the fine folks at MW forgetting about?