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Spoken word not enough for dictionary The year was 1989, and "snitty" started off strong. The word popped up in the Los Angeles Times in January, then appeared in the March and August editions of People magazine. 2007-09-15 New dictionary includes 'ginormous' It was a ginormous year for the wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster. Along with embracing the adjective that combines "gigantic" and "enormous," the dictionary publishers also got into Bollywood, sudoku and speed dating. 2007-07-10 Wikipedia founder seeks more quality The founder of Wikipedia on Friday urged contributors to the free Internet encyclopedia to put more emphasis on quality instead of quantity. 2006-08-04 Push for simpler spelling persists When "say," "they" and "weigh" rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't, wuudn't it maek mor sens to spel wurdz the wae thae sound? 2006-07-06 Dictionary aims to rescue the zoozoo, other words Ian Brookes is trying to rescue the zoozoo from extinction. 2006-03-07 Headlines Spoken word not enough for dictionary 2007-09-15 New dictionary includes 'ginormous' 2007-07-10 Wikipedia founder seeks more quality 2006-08-04 Push for simpler spelling persists 2006-07-06 Dictionary aims to rescue the zoozoo, other words 2006-03-07 Contemporary Chinese-English dictionary published 2000-08-28 Most-viewed Dictionary aims to rescue the zoozoo, other words 2006-03-07 Spoken word not enough for dictionary 2007-09-15 New dictionary includes 'ginormous' 2007-07-10

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