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• Franklin Electronic Publishers Announces the Winner of the First Global SpellEvent Championship

  - 2009-08-11

  BURLINGTON, N.J. and ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Franklin Electronic Publishers Incorporated (NYSE Amex Equities US: FEP) announces Clara Sofia Brunetto, representing Argentina, is the grand prize winner of its First Annual Global SpellEvent Championship, which was held on Monday, August 10, 2009 at the Jumeirah...

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• Franklin Electronic Publishers Hosts First Global SpellEvent Championship

  - 2009-08-03

  BURLINGTON, N.J. and ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Franklin Electronic Publishers Incorporated (NYSE Amex Equities U.S.: FEP) announces it will host its First Annual Global SpellEvent Championship (http://www.spellevent.org/) on Monday, August 10, 2009 at the Jumeirah Essex House Hotel in New York City. Seven countries will...

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• From A for acai to Z for zip line: New words in US lexicon

  - 2009-07-10

  WASHINGTON AFP â?? More than 100 new words, from acai to zip line via carbon footprint and waterboarding, have entered the mainstream in the United States after being added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.As every year, the new words paint a sociological picture of trends and events that are influencing...

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• Planning a Staycation This Year? Look it up Now in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate ® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition

  - 2009-07-09

  SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Hardworking word-lovers everywhere can now learn the meaning of the word staycation ("a vacation spent at home or nearby") along with nearly 100 other new words and senses added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. America's best-selling dictionary offers its...

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• 'Bailout' chosen by Merriam-Webster as top word of 2008

  - 2008-11-26

  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Everyone seems to want one, but apparently a lot of Americans aren't sure what exactly a "bailout" is. The word, which shot to prominence amid the financial meltdown, was looked up so often at Merriam-Webster's online dictionary site that the publisher says "bailout" was an...

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• w00t! Past 'Words of the Year'

  - 2008-11-26

  Merriam-Webster's annual Words of the Year dating to 2003, when the publisher started making the selection: 2008: Bailout -- "A rescue from financial distress." Selected by huge volume of lookups as Congress was considering $700 million bailout package for financial industry. 2007: W00t --...

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• Prosecco makes the Dictionary

  - 2008-10-01

  After flying under the radar since 1881, when the word first appeared in an English language publication, prosecco finally won wider acceptance as a term with its introduction into the 2008 Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Other food and drink related words included in this latest edition include soju, edamame and...

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• Soju say you're a pescatarian? US dictionary adds new words

  - 2008-07-07

  WASHINGTON AFP — Are you a wing nut pretexting as a netroots advocate on webinars and thought you could blend in anonymously? Or a soju-, prosecco- and edamame-loving pescatarian -- but not part of an esoteric religion? Well, your cover was blown Monday as words from wing nut...

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• You won't find Noroviruses in an infinity pool, will you?

  - 2008-07-07

  Is it acceptable to serve edamame to a dinner guest who's a pescatarian? Should you pour prosecco or soju for the winner of the Texas Hold 'em game you're planning near the infinity pool? And what's that wing nut in the corner saying about dirty bombs and nasty...

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• Some of Webster's 'new' words aren't neophytes

  - 2008-07-07

  Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 new entries to its new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary. Here are some, along with the year in which Merriam-Webster first found them used in an English-language publication: -- Air quotes (1989): gesture made by raising and flexing the index and...

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