Merriam-Webster is adding 150 new words to its collegiate dictionary this year. You already know most of them, just from using the internet, even if you don’t use them in your daily spoken language. Some of them may be words you told yourself you’d never use because they aren’t real words. Does inclusion in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary make them real for you?
"So many of these new words show the impact of online connectivity to our lives and livelihoods," explains Peter Sokolowski, Editor at Large for Merriam-Webster. "Tweep, selfie, and hashtag refer to the ways we communicate and share as individuals. Words like crowdfunding, gamification, and big data show that the Internet has changed business in profound ways."
New culinary terms include pho ("a soup made of beef or chicken broth and rice noodles"), turducken ("a boneless chicken stuffed into a boneless duck stuffed into a boneless turkey"), and the Canadian favorite poutine ("a dish of French fries covered with brown gravy and cheese curds").
To add the the wailing and gnashing of teeth, yes, steampunk is on the list. I wonder how long it will be before my autocorrect recognizes these new words. Alas, there doesn’t seem to be a list of all 150 new words, but you can see plenty of them, with linked definitions, in Merriam-Webster’s press release. -via the Presurfer
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No one would ever have found him. He did the smart thing. Inconvenient for the people of WL, but they would have done the same thing in his place.
@Romeo Vitelli
Stunt? I suggest you look the word up in a dictionary.
Next time you're lost and the authorities decide you aren't worth the $100,000 it would cost to rescue you would you be happy? I doubt it.
Plus I think the folks that live that far out in the boonies are most likely prepared to handle a loss of power.
What do you do?
;)
I would not mind my power being cut to save a life. This man was smart and I am thankful he is OK.
I can understand the surrounding areas that has their power cut being a little peeved, but hopefully they'll be understanding and sympathize.
Now, if it's my wife who is on life support... well she probably doesn't wanna know my answer!
As for the cost, if he had brought proper signal gear (which he definitely should have) the rescue would have cost nearly the same amount of money anyway.
In the end, a couple hundred people without power is a small price to pay for the life of one person, and I don't care what anyone says. Those in need have resources in town to cover those needs - including those in the hospitals.
But I don't blame the man for being creative in his SOS. I've heard Les Stroud say he would set a forest on fire if it would get him rescued and home to his family, but that is NOT something he recommends as a starting point.
If he had planned ahead, he wouldn't have had to resort to such a risk. It's not exactly safe chopping down poles.