Blog......Ahoy
You wud find it interesting to know that there has been a new entry in the Merriam-Webster group of dictionaries. This addition has been the result of the maximum number of requests for definition on their website.During 2004, the leader among the top ten words is....... "blog" and it will be listed in the 2005 edition of the dictionary.The entry will run....
"Blog : noun [short for Weblog] (1999): a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer."
The lingo developed by the lexicographers in the Internet Age is just five years old,yet it has found a comfortable seat in the linguistic areas.
The top ten words of 2004 are....
incumbent.electoral,insurgent,hurricane,cicada,peloton(the main body of riders in a bicycle race),partisan,sovereignty,defenestration(throwing of a perso or thing out of window).
"Blog : noun [short for Weblog] (1999): a website that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer."
The lingo developed by the lexicographers in the Internet Age is just five years old,yet it has found a comfortable seat in the linguistic areas.
The top ten words of 2004 are....
incumbent.electoral,insurgent,hurricane,cicada,peloton(the main body of riders in a bicycle race),partisan,sovereignty,defenestration(throwing of a perso or thing out of window).
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