Use these in a sentence
Merriam-Webster added some new words to this year's edition of their American English language dictionary. Below are just four.
Mouse potato (noun): a person who spends a great deal of time using a computer
(Never even heard of this one so either I'm more out of touch than I thought or these guys are just trying to sound cool. Sounds more like the grunge dictionary, n'est pas?)
Supersize (transitive verb): to increase considerably the size, amount or extent of
(Again ... a little slangy)
Ringtone (noun): the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call
(This makes sense)
Drama queen (noun): a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions
(I can't believe this one wasn't added 20 years ago)
Unibrow (noun): a single continuous brow resulting from the growing together of eyebrows
(Really?)
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