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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 2014
Page
11
Merriam-Webster expands Collegiate with Yoopers a term for Lake Superior residents and their distinctive speech. The update also adds new words like cap and trade e-waste and freegan reflecting digital life and resource-shaving trends.
The new Merriam Webster collegiate dictionary adds terms such as Auto-Tune as a verb, cap-and-trade, catfish meaning a fake social profile, dubstep defined, and hashtags. Included are entries like freegan and crowding the online community for fundraising, reflecting contemporary digital culture and environmental themes.
A collection of scattered definitions and terms from various years outlines concepts like social networks image sharing and steampunk genre. It includes references to a tweet user, a midwestern Yooper nickname for Upper Peninsula residents, and fragmented phrases about posting and online relationships.
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