February 2007

New Word Watch

Merriam-Webster editors are giving the following words serious consideration for entry in a Merriam-Webster dictionary:

*  gray literature noun : written material (as a report) that is not commercially or is not generally accessible

*  microgreen noun : a shoot of a standard salad plant (as celery or arugula)

*  snowboardcross noun [snowboard + -cross (as in motorcross)] : a snowboard race that includes jumps and turns

Do you have a suggestion for a word we should be watching for? E-mail us at comments@word.com, and we'll tell you what we have on that word so far.