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NEWS ABOUT: telenovas

telenovas stories: 2 news summaries

Telenovela Sexes Up Census Participation

 Soap opera reaches out to worried Latinos

Oct 8, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spicy soap opera action may not be something usually associated with the US Census Bureau, but that's set to change next week. Perla Beltrán, a luckless but lovely character in popular Telemundo telenovela Más Sabe el Diablo, is getting a job helping boost Hispanic participation in next... More »

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Census Bureau • Telemundo • telenovas • Latinos • Hispanic • 2010 census

Merriam Makes Ginormous Addition

Main Entry: gi·nor·mous
Function: adjective
Etymology: gigantic + enormous
Date: circa 1948
: extremely large : humongous

Jul 10, 07 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The word wranglers at Merriam-Webster have, after 49 long years, admitted 'ginormous' into the company's collegiate dictionary. Other newly approved words include crunk (southern rap music), and the abbreviations DVR and IED.  Also admitted to the class of 2007 were smackdowns, telenovas, gray literature, and microgreen.   Look... More »

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IED • ginormous • telenovas • smackdowns • microgreen • crunk • DVR • Merriam Webster

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