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- ↑ "Zingarelli 2003 - Evvai col vocabolario". Il Sole 24 Ore . December 29, 2002.
- ↑ Simona Peluso (October 18, 2011). "Arriva lo Zingarelli 2012; ecco i neologismi che ne faranno parte". Info Oggi. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ↑ "'Gollonzo', 'emo' e 'shot': nuove parole per lo Zingarelli". Quotidiano.net . September 30, 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
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