“New Words and Slang

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Miriam-Webster online dictionary’s “New Words and Slang” list has made it official—Snowmageddon is a word (then again according to the site, so is jeggings and Belieber). The user-submitted word is defined as, “a large snowstorm.” A quick Google search reveals last year’s Snowmageddon was more than just a snowstorm, however, to those who experienced it. From the many followers who created dedicated Facebook fan pages to thousands of YouTube videos to a Zazzle t-shirt its near celebrity status lives on