Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth, Maine, thinks (correctly, in my opinion) the word 'lumberjill' should appear in the dictionary right next to 'lumberjack.'
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Hilary and Jonathan Krieger, the children of late Neil Krieger, speak about their father’s incredible spirit, the pain grieving a Covid-related death during the height of the pandemic, and the ways they are working to add orbisculate, a word their father coined, into the dictionaryJuly 2, 2021
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‘Orbisculate,’ word invented in CNY, added to Words With Friends dictionary
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This image provided by Zynga, Inc., shows the CNY-invented word orbisculate being used in a game of Words With Friends.
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A word that was invented in Central New York has been added to the dictionary for Words With Friends, that is.
Mobile game company Zynga, Inc., announced Monday that it added “orbisculate” to the in-game dictionary for its popular word game, Words With Friends. The Scrabble-like app also made it the “Word of the Day,” and detailed its full etymology on the WWF “Definition” page.
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SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$znga#Zynga–Today, Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) a global leader in interactive entertainment, announced that it has officially added the word ‘orbisculate’ to the in-game dictionary of its hit mobile game,
Words With Friends. Coined by scholar, language enthusiast and loving father Neil Krieger, Zynga’s popular word game has joined the Krieger family’s mission to gain the word’s entry into the official English language dictionary after Neil’s passing from COVID-19.