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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 computingsextingearworm ("a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind") My favorite.
mash-upbucket listgassed ("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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