Hardworking word-lovers everywhere can now learn the meaning of the word staycation ("a vacation spent at home or nearby") along with nearly 100 other new words and senses added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. America's best-selling dictionary offers its new 2009 entries in its updated print edition and online here at Merriam-Webster.com.

Many of the new words address: concerns about the environment (carbon footprint, green collar), government activities (earmark, waterboarding), health and medicine (cardioprotective, locavore, naproxen, neuroprotective), pop culture (docusoap, fan fiction, flash mob, reggaeton), online activities (sock puppet, vlog, webisode), as well as several miscellaneous terms such as haram, memory foam, missalette, and zip line.

It's April 29, 2009 – plus or minus a few days. That is when the English language is expected to acquire its millionth word. This prediction comes from Global Language Monitor, an organization in Austin, Texas, which uses proprietary software to track and analyze trends in language. "Global English" is its particular focus.

A million words doesn't really seem excessive, given 1.35 billion speakers of English on the planet. That works out to only one word for every 1,350 speakers.

The word that received the most look-ups over the shortest period of time was bailout, which the dictionary defines as "a rescue from financial distress," the company said.

"Typically our online dictionary lookups are for slightly difficult but still generic nonspecialized vocabulary," John M. Morse, president and publisher of Merriam-Webster Inc., said in a statement. "But a word in the headlines can grab people's attention to become a most frequently looked-up word. This year's presidential campaign produced voluminous hits for words like 'vet,' 'bipartisan,' 'misogyny,' and the word used to describe both candidates on the Republican ticket, 'maverick.'"

Another frequently looked-up word was "socialism."

1. bailout
2. vet
3. socialism
4. maverick
5. bipartisan
6. trepidation
7. precipice
8. rogue
9. misogyny
10. turmoil

2. Anaesthetist (uh-nes-thi-tist)

3. Remuneration (ri-myoo - nuh-reyshun)

4. Statistics (stuh-tis-tiks)

5. Ethnicity (eth-nis-i-tee)

6. Philosophical (fil-uh-sof-i-kuhl)

7. Provocatively (pruh-vok-uh-tiv)

8. Anonymous (uh-non-uh-muhs)

9. Thesaurus (thi-sawr-uhs)

10. Aluminium (al-yuh-min-ee-uhm)

11. Regularly (reg-yuh-ler-lee)

12. February (feb-roo-er-ee)

13. Particularly (per-tik-yuh-ler-lee)

14. Hereditary (huh-red-i-ter-ee)

15. Prioritising (prah-awr-i-tahyz-ing)

16. Pronunciation (pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuhn)

17. Prejudice (prej-uh-dis)

18. Facilitate (fuh-sil-i-teyt)

19. Hospitable (hos-pi-tuh-buhl)

20. Onomatopoeia (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh)