Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Geek in Le Petit Larousse 2010

"Geek" has made it in the Petit Larousse 2010. Le Petit Larousse is a French language reference book which includes about 150 000 definitions. The first ever Petit Larousse was published in 1905.

The latest edition published last month, Le Petit Larousse 2010 includes 150 new words:

many words coming from the IT world:

geek, adresse IP, réseau social, hameçonnage (phishing) and blacklister

about 50 famous people:

Barack Obama, Audrey Tatou (Amelie), George Clooney amongst many.

and many expressions:

surbooké, véloroute, au taquet, lowcost and more.

liberation.fr - more on the new entries in Le Petit Larousse 2010

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