Interesting list week

As noted in today's Gazette, Merriam-Webster has just released a sampling of new words and senses in the 2007 edition of the Collegiate Dictionary - "available this fall at bookstores everywhere." Shall we?

• 1. agnolotti
• 2. Bollywood
• 3. chaebol
• 4. crunk
• 5. DVR
• 6. flex-cuff
• 7. ginormous
• 8. gray literature
• 9. hardscape
• 10. IED
• 11. microgreen
• 12. nocebo
• 13. perfect storm
• 14. RPG
• 15. smackdown
• 16. snowboardcross
• 17. speed dating
• 18. sudoku
• 19. telenovela
• 20. viewshed

The biggest disappointment from where I'm sitting is #13. I can go on for some time about why we need an indefinite moratorium on the phrase "perfect storm." Mind you, I can also state my case succinctly: it's obnoxious.

Also, regarding #14: the new sense being added is "rocket-propelled grenade." Still not in there is "role-playing game." Where are my multiple-dice-owning homies on this one?

Finally: "Crunk?" Haven't we moved on yet?