According to an article on MTV news online, among a list of 100 new additions to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is the word "crunk." I had no idea the guys at Merriam-Webster were so into southern rap and Lil' Jon.Officially, crunk will be defined as "a style of Southern rap music featuring repetitive chants and rapid dance rhythms."
Included in the list with "crunk" will be "ginormous" and "speed dating" among many other new words. "Bling bling" was last year's hip-hop addition to the English lexicon.
In MTV's article, an associate editor for Merriam-Webster, Peter Sokolowski said, "We try to include words that aren't just trends. We're looking for words that will be referred to in the future and people won't need any explanation to know what it means. If the editor of a newspaper can publish a word and he or she expects readers to know what it means, we'll include it."
What's on Merriam-Webster and Oxford's list for next year's hip-hop additions to the language, "fergalicious?"
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