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Agony aunt, ATM, blood & guts, colonography, domestic partner, garbology, misery index, smashmouth, and sub woofer, are now some words that make me a little more honored to have been born the year I was. What a great use of the Internet by Merriam Webster:  This website that lets you see what words were born the same year you were. ...

The ‘Concise Oxford English Dictionary,’ celebrating its 100th birthday this year, has added 400 new entries to the English language. The freshman class of words that are now officially, well, words include “sexting,” “retweet,” “mankini,” “noob,” “jeggings,” and “woot.”

The Oxford English Dictionary has added a few new words.  Some of them hardly seem like words at all, but have gained popularity through texting, tweeting and emails. What words made the list?

For the second consecutive year, “whatever” has been chosen the most annoying word or phrase of the year among five choices given in a Marist poll.