Don’t be insulted if somebody calls you a “mouse potato.” It just means you spend too much time at the computer.

And, if you want to include Finland when speaking of Scandinavia, the politically correct word is “Fennoscandia,” which also includes part of Northwest Russia.

The editors at Webster’s New World College Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary have released partial lists of the hundred or so new words to be included in their dictionaries later this year.

You’ll most likely hear the word in conversation or see it in print before it winds up in either dictionary.

Mike Agnes is editor-in-chief of Webster’s New World College Dictionary, headquartered in Cleveland since 1951. He said his staff spends the whole year combing through newspapers, magazines and listening to talk shows, searching for new words ready for prime time.

“There are a limited number of words that fit in the dictionary,” he said. We “include them when they reach a certain level.”

That’s why it took 23 years after the Woody Allen movie about an enigmatic character named Zelig before the name became a noun in the New World dictionary.

Tom Pitoniak, associate editor of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in Springfield, Mass., said there are always words that didn’t quite make the cut, but should have.

“There are a few words that were strong candidates, like “podcast” (referring to broadcasts made over iPods) and “SuperMax” (super-maximum security prisons),” he said. “We tend to want to see the words in print, rather than just hear them in conversation.”

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary started in 1847.

Pitoniak said he would personally never use the word “mouse potato,” but his 6-year-old son knew the definition of “unibrow,” a single continuous eyebrow.

And that was before the word was added to the dictionary.