Scrabble Addicts Rejoice!

Unless you are from the year 3000, and have your own private copy of the Becktionary, then Merriam-Webster's Dictionary is the final word (pun intended) for the proper use of the English Language. According to this article, 15 new words have been added to the Official English Language this year. Here are some of my favorites...

Bikini Wax - Everyone knows what this is...but I wonder if it applies to the "Man-o-Lantern" wax job that happened to Steve Carrell in The Forty Year Old Virgin?

Cybrarian - This is a person who finds, collects, and manages information available on the Internet. Wonder if a cybrarian as an mp3 of a shhhhhh response that she plays on her IPOD to remind her family to keep quiet?

Metadata - This is a computer term that means "data about data". They could incorporate this into a Star Trek Episode....Data's new pal, MetaData. In the episode MetaData would follow Data around describing what he is doing. "Data opens the door. Data pets his cat. Data uses sit down and laments that he can't understand human emotion." OK, lame plot line, but then again, so are most Star Trek Episodes.

Retronym - a term consisting of a noun and a modifier which specifies the original meaning of the noun. ("Film camera," for instance). Other Suggestions, Chess Club Nerd.. Steroidal Athlete...Cult Scientologists.

So next time a big Scrabble Game breaks out be armed with these exciting new words bound to make you a winner (bikini wax triple word score anyone)?