<![CDATA[Carbon Footprint, Locavore Among The New Words Added To Merriam-Webster Dictionary, READ MORE HERE]]>

1.0 link 228456 <![CDATA[Carbon Footprint, Locavore Among The New Words Added To Merriam-Webster Dictionary, READ MORE HERE]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/frenemy-sock-puppet-among_n_228456.html Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 entries to the latest edition of its Collegiate Dictionary. Here are some, along with the year in which Merriam-Webster researchers first found them used in an English-language publication, and their meanings:

Acai (1868): a small dark purple fleshy berrylike fruit of a tall slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) of tropical Central and South America that is often used in beverages.

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