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Merriam-Webster goofs January 20, 2008—The editors of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition, released last July, found a word they had misplaced and neglected to include in the latest edition. The word, hippopotimouth, defined as “a profane and unprincipled physician,” was found on the tip of an assistant editor's tongue. “So we missed one word,” said an associate editor. “What about the 10,000 new ones we added? No one wants to talk about those. We’ll put hippopotimouth in the next edition.” |
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