Eeyorish Muppets: Go Egosurf the Dictionary

“Muppet” and “Eeyorish” are among 3,000 new words and expressions, many of them slang or foreign, that have entered English usage and are included in the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English.

“Muppet,” taken from “Sesame Street,” is defined as a foolish person, while “Eeyorish,” from “Winnie the Pooh,” describes a gloomy outlook. Many new entries are from the world of science and high-tech, including “blog” (short for “Web log”), “egosurfing” (searching the Internet for references to oneself) and “shotgun cloning” (inserting random fragments of DNA).