Webster's embraces 'street cred' - and other already aging phrases.(Suburban Living)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2005 | by O'Konowitz, Tom

Byline: Tom O'Konowitz Daily Herald Staff Writer Love them or hate them, those little smiley faces people put in their e-mails way too often have made their way into the dictionary. :-) Yes, "Webster's New World College Dictionary" has added 58 new terms to the latest edition, including "smiley face" - with its punctuated variations contained within the definition.

"What you see here is the result of cultural change - changes in our daily lives," says Mike Agnes, editor in chief of the dictionary. And for most of us, those little smiley faces cross our computer screens a few times a day, huh? Blog, street cred, paintball, irritable-bowel syndrome, LASIK, fast-track, chad, botox, civil union, e-commerce, keyword, sheesh, shiraz, touch screen, SARS,...