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'Aha moment' among latest additions to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary

By BRAVETTA HASSELL Scene Writer on Aug 15, 2012, at 2:16 PM  Updated on 8/15 at 2:18 PM



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Must everything be defined? Apparently so.

The Oprah-popularized "aha moment" - which, by the way is defined as a moment of sudden realization, inspiration, insight, recognition, or comprehension is among the latest words and expressions to make it to the dictionary, Merriam-Webster announced yesterday.

Others include:
man cave
cloud computing

sexting
earworm ("a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind") My favorite.
mash-up
bucket list
gassed ("drained")
f-bomb - No definition needed on that one.
and a new meaning for underwater....("having, relating to, or being a mortgage loan for which more is owed than the property securing the loan is worth")

Visit Webster's for a sample of the 2012 list of new dictionary words.
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