Words in current use for next dictionary edition
AP Newsfeatures explains quirky terms like zorse shamburger and polywater show how language evolves. It notes zorse from crossing a male horse with a female zebra and polywater amid recent news as candidates for the next dictionary update.
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Zorse
United States
Merriam- Webster
David Replogle
G. & C. Merriam Company
Dead Sea health resort eyes European spa rival
SOCOM Israel plans a modern health care resort at the Dead Sea, touting its curative waters for skin and rheumatic diseases. Denmark Sweden and Holland show interest while Scandinavian sick funds eye patient visits to the mountain fortress region near Massada and Qumran caves.
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SOCOM
Israel
Dead Sea
Europe
Yehuda Sha’ari
Arad
Denmark
Sweden
Holland
Zohar
Scandinavia
Eyal
Jordan River
Rocky
Negev Desert
Sodom
Gomorrah
Massada
Ein Geddi
David
Saul
Qumrum
Twin Cities Fulton and South Fulton Share Census Parity
Preliminary 1970 census figures show Fulton Kentucky and South Fulton Tennessee each with a population of 3 154 reinforcing their nickname Twin Cities. The piece also notes that the Medical College of Virginia began as the medical department of Hampden Sydney College.
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Twin Cities
Fulton, Ky
Kentucky City
South Fulton, Tenn
The
Medical College of Virginia
Medical Department
Hampden-Sydney College
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