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It was a ginormous year for new words
Bollywood, sudoku, speed dating also added by Merriam-Webster
Updated: 4:31 p.m. ET July 10, 2007


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - It was a ginormous year for the wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster.

Along with embracing the adjective that combines “gigantic” and “enormous,” the dictionary publishers also got into Bollywood, sudoku and speed dating.

But their interest in India’s motion-picture industry, number puzzles and trendy ways to meet people was all meant for a higher cause: updating the company’s collegiate dictionary, which goes on sale this fall with about 100 newly added words.

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