Oxford names 'vape' 2014 Word of the Year

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Eric Scheman demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape store in Chicago, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Oxford English dictionary has named 'vape' as the Word of the Year.

If that's something you've never heard of, oxford says it means "to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette device."

An estimated four million Americans use battery-powered cigarettes. By the way, the word "vape" was just added to the online dictionary earlier this year.