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April 2010Report from the Open DictionaryPerhaps the long winter kept plenty of folks on the computer. Recent submissions to the Open Dictionary include several new words that come from the world of Internet commerce, art, and gossip. Interested in adding a new word or new sense of an existing word to the Dictionary? We're always interested in the words that you hear and see that haven't yet been defined. Click for guidelines and join the amateur lexicographers! blogvert (noun) : an advertisement or endorsement that appears in a blog. clickthrough (noun) : an instance in which an Internet ad is clicked that is compared to total ad views on a Web page. e-gossip (noun) : gossip presented via e-mail and blogs. webcomic (noun) : a comic published primarily on the Internet. |