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The folks who voted for "ginormous" as their #1 "Favorite Word (Not in the Dictionary)" in
our 2005 online survey should be especially pleased with the 2007 crop of new words and senses
added to the Collegiate® Dictionary! Take one small sneak peek at a sample of this year's
new entries
here.
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