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This Saturday Dec. 17, 2016 photo shows the &quot;surreal&quot; entry in a Merriam-Webster's dictionary in New York. &quot;Surreal&quot; is Merriam-Webster's word of 2016 based on spikes in lookups. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) ** FILE **

The dictionary folk at Merriam-Webster sum up 2016: surreal

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

Merriam-Webster adds ‘tweet,’ other new words

By STEPHANIE REITZ - Associated Press

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Barack Obama shares a "fist bump" with wife Michelle while on the campaign trail in 2008. Fist bump was among more than 100 new terms revealed Thursday for the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary's newest edition. Other new entries include "tweet," "cougar," and "boomerang child."

‘Bromance,’ ‘tweet’ among new entries to dictionary

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Dictionary names ‘austerity’ word of the year

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press