NEW WORDS ADDED TO 2010 DICTIONARY

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staycation – A vacation that is spent at your own home, enjoying all the comforts that your home and familiar environs have to offer.
bromance – A close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy.
vuvuzela – . It resembles a horn but its pitch cannot be changed. It has a mind-numbing sound; usually made of cheap, brightly colored plastic.
frenemy – A malicious person, posing as a friend, who subtly puts you down?
intexticated – distracted because texting on a cellphone while driving a vehicle.
sexting – the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone.
freemium – a business model in which some basic services are provided for free, with the aim of enticing users to pay for additional, premium features or content.
funemployed – taking advantage of one’s newly unemployed status to have fun or pursue other interests.
birther – a conspiracy theorist who challenges President Obama’s birth certificate.
choice mom – a person who chooses to be a single mother.
death panel – a theoretical body that determines which patients deserve to live, when care is rationed.
teabagger – person, who protests President Obama’s tax policies and stimulus package, often through local demonstrations known as “Tea Party” protests (in allusion to the Boston Tea Party of 1773).
brown state – a U.S. state that does not have strict environmental regulations.
green state – a U.S. state that has strict environmental regulations.
deleb – a dead celebrity.
tramp stamp – a tattoo on the lower back, usually on a woman.