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Fanboy makes it into the dictionary
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 9, 2008 - 7:54 PM 0 Comment(s)

We dealt with it a lot, especially in the forums yet by itself this is an interesting fact. The latest version of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary includes a couple of new geeky words like webinar, malware, netroots, pretexting and ... fanboy:
Webinar is "one more example of the significant ongoing trend for electronic technologies to add words to the language," Merriam-Webster publisher John Morse said in a Monday press release about the 100 or so new words in the 2008 edition of the influential reference guide.

That's in line with Merriam-Webster's choice of the term "wOOt"--with its roots in video game culture--as the word of the year for 2007.

The 100 or so new words in M-W's latest dictionary reflect societal trends beyond technology. For example, some stem from culinary arts, such as prosecco (a sparkling Italian wine), soju (a Korean vodka distilled from rice), edamame (immature green soybeans), and pescatarian (a vegetarian whose diet includes fish).

But my favorite new entry, by far, is mondegreen, defined as "a word or phrase that results from a mishearing of something said or sung." According to M-W, the term was first coined by author Sylvia Wright in 1954, when Wright wrote an article for The Atlantic magazine confessing to a childhood misinterpretation of the Scottish ballad "The Bonny Earl of Moray." "When she first heard the lyric, 'they had slain the Earl of Moray and had laid him on the green,' she felt terribly sorry for the 'poor Lady Mondegreen,'" according to the press release.

I need some Soju now... or may be some hot Sake. LOL

Mothow YOU FANBOY!!!!

he he mondegreen, that reminds me years ago when my mam thought a Salt n' Peppa song was saying "Bulls**t real good" ha ha!

s**t. Now everyone knows what I look like.

Soju is some evil nasty stuff better suited for embalming than drinking.
Saki is an American's drinking cure, as the hangovers are horrendous! Though it is tasty.
For those of you out there that like a bit of formaldihyde with your alcohol, try Red Horse Beer. Too many guys I know got pickled on that stuff, then ended up with thier wallets stolen from "private rooms".

My goodness, Gerritt, do you know what they use formaldehyde for?! For preserving Corpses!!! They actually drink that stuff... YUCK!

Dr. P.
I know. But most beers have a very miniscule amount of it in them.
Unfortunately, when you are overseas in a unregulated market, sometimes there is enough in them to be detected by smell! It is after all a preservative.
NO wonder more than a few Vietnam vets came home pickled.