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'F-Bomb' Added To Dictionary

March 23, 2010: Vice President Biden famously drops an f-bomb. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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'F-Bomb' Added To Dictionary

Among the other words Merriam-Webster is including in its 2012 update: sexting, man cave, mash-up and earworm.

Vice President Biden's March 23, 2010, f-bomb (we've bleeped it)

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