NEW YORK -- What would Noah Webster think of this? F-bomb makes it into the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary tomorrow.

Dictionary editors say they've traced the word back to 1988, in a Newsday story that had the now-deceased Mets catcher Gary Carter talking about how he had given them up, along with other profanities.

Many online dictionary and reference sites already list F-bomb, but the 114-year-old Merriam-Webster is only now putting it into print.

Other words making the grade this year: sexting, energy drink and life coach.