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BREAKING NEWS--Webster's dictionary adds 'kiteboarding'

 
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PostMon Jul 07, 08 8:51 pm    BREAKING NEWS--Webster's dictionary adds 'kiteboarding' Reply with quote

HEADLINE: 100 new terms make the cut for Merriam-Webster dictionary

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--Kiteboarding (1996): the sport of riding on a small surfboard propelled across water by a large kite, to which the rider is harnessed.


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/07/07/merriam-webster.html?ref=rss

now that we are recognized as mainstream can we kite at the event site next july 4th? Wink

maybe windsurfing has been removed to make room for us. Cool


also making the cut was the term "Wing Nut"

Quote:
--Wing nut (circa 1900): (slang) one who advocates extreme measures or changes; radical.


i thought the term "wing nut" was meant for this guy Laughing


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