Mouse potato （網蟲）跟couch potato（電視蟲）走到一起；google正式成為一個動詞；drama queen（小題大做、大驚小怪的人）終于得到關注。這些詞語終于登堂入室，從通俗文化行列轉入英語主流語言。近日，100個熱門新詞被收入 2006年新版的美國暢銷詞典《韋氏大詞典》中。 現從中挑選出一些，獻給LT的讀者。

empty suit- bad boss
壞老板

google-look for information on the Internet in a quick way
搜索（在互聯網上快速查找信息）

himbo- attractive, vacuous male
徒有外表卻無內涵的男人

mouse potato - someone who spends a great deal of time on the computer
電腦蟲（跟couch potato<電視蟲>有異曲同工之妙）

ring tone - the sound made by a cell phone to signal an incoming call
手機鈴音

spyware - software that is installed in a computer without the user's knowledge and transmits information about the user's computer activities over the internet
間諜軟件

avian influenza - a highly variable mild to fulminant influenza of birds that is caused by strains of the influenza A virus which may mutate and be transmitted to other vertebrates -- also called bird flu
禽流感

biodiesel - a fuel that is similar to diesel fuel and is derived from usually vegetable sources
生物柴油（從蔬菜中提取）

gastric bypass - surgical bypass operation that typically involves reducing the size of the stomach and reconnecting the smaller stomach to bypass the first portion of the small intestine so as to restrict food intake and reduce caloric absorption in cases of severe obesity
胃繞路手術（減小胃的容積，達到減肥的作用）

soul patch - a small growth of beard under a man's lower lip
男人下唇下面的一小撮胡子

supersize - the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.
超級大餐

labelmate - a singer or musician who records for the same company as another
同屬一唱片公司的藝人

wave pool - a large swimming pool equipped with a machine for producing waves
沖浪池

drama queen - a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions
小題大做、大驚小怪的人

unibrow - a single continuous brow resulting from the growing together of eyebrows
左右眉毛長在一起

manga - Japanese comic book or graphic novel
日本連環漫畫冊

Gigong - an ancient Chinese healing art involving meditation, controlled breathing, and movement exercises
氣功

big-box - of, relating to, or being a large chain store having a boxlike structure
“大盒子”式的商店

agritourism
農業旅游

aquascape - a scenic view of a body of water; an area having a natural or constructed aquatic feature (as a pond or fountain)
水景

coqui - a small chiefly nocturnal arboreal frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) native to Puerto Rico that has a high-pitched call and has been introduced into Hawaii and southern Florida
科奎鷓鴣（生長在波多黎各一帶，嗓音很尖，現已被引入至夏威夷和佛羅里達）

polyamory - the state or practice of having more than one open romantic relationship at a time
腳踏兩只船

Sandwich Generation - a generation of people who are caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children
三明治一代 （上有老下有小的一代人）

（英語點津姍姍編輯）