It's So 'Ginormous' that I'm 'Confuzzled'

Merriam-Webster, the dictionary publisher, recently asked its readers on its web site to submit their favorite words which didn't exist yet in the dictionary. After receiving about 3,000 submissions, the company published a top ten list of non-existing words. This list is dominated by 'ginormous' (bigger than gigantic and bigger than enormous) and by 'confuzzled' (confused and puzzled at the same time). However, a search on Google reveals a different story.

A research on 'ginormous' brings 70,900 results while a look at 'confuzzled' returns 48,300 items -- even if you still can't look at more than a thousand results in reality.

The number 3 on the Merriam-Webster list, 'woot' (an exclamation of joy or excitement), is the clear winner on Google, with 717,000 results. But it's not surprising with the popularity of the Woot web site where you can buy things only on a single day. (Via Technology Trends)

Well, it could add a new lexicon to interface design ...