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Join Staff Reporters Melina Barris and Makenzie Macchi as they share a quiz on new words that were recently added to the dictionary.
Which words were newly added to the dictionary?
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Girl Dinner
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Refudiate
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LOL
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Irregardless
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Alpha Geek
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Barbiecore
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Blurker
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Blamestorming
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Bussin'
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Cube Farm
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Faxcess
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Multi-asking
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Schoogle
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Bluetooth Fairy
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Pretty Privilege
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Biketender
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Mid
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Overchoice
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Supertasker
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Champer
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LevelDevil
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Sprummer
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The Ick
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Zemblanity
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Hyperloop
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Agalmics
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Fonesia
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Global Boiling
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Gleemail
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Themself
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Slow Fashion
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Oxoxomoron
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Bomboclat
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Unhabital
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Bed Rotting
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Runner-ups
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Greedflation
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Animousity
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Spamouflage
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Wandal
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