New words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary

The latest edition of Merriam-Webster dictionary, used widely in the US, will go on sale this September. Not news except it will have an additional 100 words giving legitimacy to new ones used in pop culture, technology and current events. For example, the next time a show-off uses the word “ginormous” you can nod your head wisely, rush to the latest copy of M-W and look it up. “Ginormous” is a combo word, taking bits from “giant” and “enormous” obviously meaning ‘larger than “giant” and “enormous” put together’. Another hype word for a hype-or-die society.
Of interest to all of us is the word “Bollywood”. I guess America can no longer ignore the power and influence of Bollywood. And the dictionary recognises the fact the word is mentioned by more than a handful of people. If you think the word had to be included because of the Bollywood crazy Indian population in the US, think again. The bump-and-grind Bollywood movies are now watched by American-Americans as well. Bollywood dancing is big here and is used by fitness instructors. A lot of people feel “Bollywood” is not a flattering one, looking as it does like a poor cousin of Hollywood, but it is too late now to worry about it! “Bollywood” is legit!
A few more words from the 2007 edition:
Crunk: a style of southern rap music
DVR: abbreciation for digital video recorder
Gray literature: hard-to-get written material
IED: abbreviation for improvised explosive device (the kind a bankrupt terrorist who doesn’t have big backing might use or one the police can’t identify)
Microgreen: a small portion of any standard salad plant (say, a bud of lettuce)
smackdown: a kind of contest in show wrestling
speed dating (Surprising this word hadn’t found its way into the dictionary): a quick, round-robin way of meeting people
Sudoku: Yes, the word is in! Call it Japanese soft appeal! Have you tried this Japanese number puzzle?
Telenovela: A Latin-American soap opera. These are supposed to be the fathers and mothers of the TV serial-killers we are all addicted to.