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John invites Nerdfighters to write Merriam-Webster that 'nerdfighter' should have been word of the year (2007)

ask · status: reported back · owner: John

About: Merriam-Webster, Nerdfighteria, nerdfighter, Kory Stamper

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2007-12-12 open John invites Hank and the nerdfighters to write to Merriam-Webster to say they are disappointed 'nerdfighter' was not picked, with contact details in the video info. Dec. 12th: w00t is the WORD OF THE YEAR?! 00:02:32
2007-12-14 result Hank reads Merriam-Webster's reply to a Nerdfighter: it got many letters about 'Nerdfighter'; the word-of-the-year poll is closed, but it hopes Nerdfighter and Nerdfighting are added to its open dictionary. December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas 00:02:34