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It’s a busy time of year. Exams may have started, but it means lots of catching up. I presented Second Life sessions at the annual Learning and Study Skills Association (LASSA) conference with a colleague from our Centre for Student Development. It was nice to speak somewhere other than a library conference, so thanks to all those involved in the conference. I also spoke at the Learning Technology Symposium on campus with our Immersive Learning/Gaming Librarian- again, it’s nice to speak to faculty and grad students and we had lots of interest and questions. Throw in a move across town and Christmas prep and I’ve got about as much as I can handle!
Merriam-Webster had a contest and the word of the year, as voted by you, was w00t. While it’s not in their official dictionary, it is in their open dictionary online and have suggested that by winning, it may have a better chance of entering their main dictionary.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m not sure about some of the terms that are entering our dictionaries. In recent years, we’ve seen a lot of slang entry regular dictionaries. While there use has certainly increased, I’m not sold that it’s enough for a proper dictionary - definitely a slang dictionary.
