Expand your vocabulary with words coined in 2006

New words enter the English language every day. Some are slang. Some are useful. A few will even find their way into dictionaries after much consideration and debate. What follows are some of the words that made their way into dictionaries in 2006. Some of these words have been in use for years, though they were just added to a dictionary in the past year. Enjoy!

agritourism - the practice of touring agricultural areas to see farms and often to participate in farm activities
bahookie - a person's buttocks
big-box - of, relating to, or being a large chain store having a boxlike structure
biodiesel - a fuel that is similar to diesel fuel and is derived from usually vegetable sources (as soybean oil)
celebutante - a celebrity who is well known in fashionable society.
crunk - a type of hip-hop or rap music characterized by repeated shouted catchphrases and elements typical of electronic dance music, such as prominent bass.
hardscape - the man-made features used in landscape architecture, such as paths or walls, as contrasted with vegetation.
mouse potato - a person who spends a great deal of time using a computer
plank - a stupid person.
polyamory - the practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time
radge - a wild, crazy, or violent person.
sandwich generation - a generation of people who are caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children
supersize - to increase considerably the size, amount, or extent of
tri-band - a mobile phone or devide having three frequencies, enabling it to be used in different regions (typically Europe and the U.S.).
truthiness - a satirical term coined by comedian Stephen Colbert that refers to the quality by which a person claims to know something intuitively, instinctively or "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination or actual facts.
upskill - to teach (an employee) additional skills
zombie - a computer controlled by a hacker without the owner's knowledge, which is made to send large quantities of data to a website, making it inaccessible to other users.

So, mouse potatoes! Let's all get off our bahookies and start using these new words!