'Crunk' Makes It Into The Dictionary
- added July 12, 2007
- 10 responses
Merriam-Webster announced Wednesday that "IED," "DVR," "telenovela," "smackdown," and "ginormous" are just some of the roughly 100 words to be added in its Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. (The fine editors also inducted "crunk" into linguistic legitimacy.)
I was expecting to see "Fergalicious" make the editors' list. The work is already done for them:
"Fergalicious definition: Make them boys go crazy."
I was expecting to see "Fergalicious" make the editors' list. The work is already done for them:
"Fergalicious definition: Make them boys go crazy."
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I can understand adding these terms to the Urban Dictionary, but really, the Websters??? That sort of bestows instant credibility. Is the goal to make Websters a translation resource for parents now??? (I actually think the Fergalicious addition is the much bigger atrocity. )
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Urban Dictionary: CrunkFor Those who Don't know what Crunk means :) They have examples of the use of the word in a sentence too. -
Thats definitely a reason to throw it up! If this dont wake you up...nothing will.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TedMWQL33ic-
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- robertogrijalva
- 07/13/07
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Conan O Brien coined the term in the early 90s. See wiki article.
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Crunk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRead the part about Conan... -
Yesterday I overheard Fhay complaining she was sad that the predictive text on her phone didn't include this word! Maybe there is hope for us now.
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has hooptie already been added to Webster's? or is that too, like, 90s to be considered now?
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I'm all for starting a new words... and reviving old ones. I tried to bring back radical about three years ago and it didn't work. However, Jessica H. once wrote "that's badical" to me in an email and really liked it.... badical!
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That is soo - not hyphy
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- jchurchill
- 07/14/07
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