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Top Ten Words Not in the Dictionary

May 31, 2005

Merriam Webster's website has a top ten list of people's favorite words that are not in the dictionary. Merriam Webster's editors combed through thousands of word submissions to come up with this list. The list includes:

  • ginormous (adj): bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous
  • woot (interj): an exclamation of joy or excitement
  • phonecrastinate (v): to put off answering the phone until caller ID displays the incoming name and number
  • snirt (n): snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed
  • chillax (v): chill out/relax, hang out with friends

    Remember: these words are NOT in the dictionary, so don't give your editor a ginormous headache by using them.








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