Vietnamese pho has been included in a famous American dictionary.

The renowned American dictionary Merriam-Webster recently announced the addition of 150 new words to its vocabulary, including many common technology terms, reflecting the significant impact of the digital age on daily life.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary is a famous American dictionary. (Source: parade.condenast.com)

Interestingly, in this update, Merriam-Webster added the word "Pho," the famous traditional Vietnamese dish, with the definition "a soup dish made from beef or chicken broth and rice noodles."

According to Merriam-Webster's definition, a "selfie" is "a photograph of a person taken by that person using a digital camera and typically posted on social media."

As a buzzword in social media, "selfie" was added to the Oxford online dictionary in 2013 and was chosen by the English dictionary as "word of the year."

Besides "selfie," another popular tech term updated by Merriam-Webster is "hashtag," defined as "a word or a series of consecutive characters placed after the # symbol."

Hashtags appear frequently on social networks like Twitter, Instagram, Google+, etc. Other tech-related trends include "tweep" - people using Twitter's online messaging service to send and receive information, "crowfuding" - fundraising activities by a group of people, especially from online communities, and "catfish" - people creating fake profiles on social media for the purpose of fraud.

Peter Sokolowski, a traveling editor at Merriam-Webster, said the addition of many technology terms in this update reflects the rapid pace of digital technology development and its far-reaching impact on the lives of modern people.

In addition, the Merriam-Webster dictionary has added many new, common words to its vocabulary that are not related to the field of digital technology.

These include "steampunk," a term referring to science fiction novels set in 19th-century society with fictional historical or steam-powered technology content, and "fracking," a hydraulic technique that uses high-pressure water mixed with chemicals to cut through rock and soil, thereby releasing oil and gas deep underground.

Merriam-Webster dictionaries are a product of the Merriam-Webster corporation, headquartered in Massachusetts, specializing in publishing reference and lookup books.

This dictionary was first introduced in 1828 under its original title, "An American Dictionary of the English Language," compiled by Noah Webster.

Today, the Merriam-Webster dictionary is one of the most widely used dictionaries in the United States. Merriam-Webster announced that 150 new words will begin appearing in print editions starting in 2014, as well as in the electronic version.

According to VNA