[WORD PEOPLE] New Words Added in 2014

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Every year, new words are added to the English language. To Word People, these are like new devices added to our Batman utility belts.

Here are a few of the new words that were added in 2014:

  1. big data
  2. catfish
  3. crowdfunding
  4. fracking
  5. freegan
  6. gamification
  7. hashtag
  8. pho
  9. poutine
  10. selfie
  11. social networking
  12. steampunk
  13. turducken
  14. tweep
  15. Yooper

Source: Merriam-Webster

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