"Ringtone", now an official word

New year, new words in the Merriam-Webster. The 'indisputable' dictionary added a hundred words in the 2007 edition, and among them, "ringtones". Ringtone = the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call.

For the curious, "drama queen" (=a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions), "wave pool" (= a large swimming pool equipped with a machine for producing waves), or "big-box" (= of, relating to, or being a large chain store having a boxlike structure) also made it in the new version. (via Wired)

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