SPRINGFIELD, MASS. ? Need tips on how to groom a unibrow or soul patch?

Just google it. Or get a mouse potato to do it for you.

If you’re still lost, grab the latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary for a definition of those and about 100 other words that have made their way into its pages. But be warned: You might come across a drama queen (a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions), an empty suit (an ineffectual executive) or a himbo (an attractive but vacuous man – think “male bimbo”).

“We try to have a mix that addresses the wide range of people’s information needs when adding new words,” said John Morse, president of the Springfield-based dictionary publisher.

As has been the case during the last several years, Merriam-Webster’s lexicographers largely have been preoccupied with technology and computers for the latest edition, which will be widely available at the end of the summer.

Along with defining an intensive computer user as a “mouse potato” (a popular twist on the late 1990s “couch potato” entry), they have given formal definition to one of the Internet’s most recognizable names: google.

Respectful of the trademark, Merriam-Webster lowercases the entry but maintains the capitalization while explaining that the verb means “to use the Google search engine” to retrieve online information.

But don’t think the folks at Merriam-Webster are just a bunch of “computer geeks” (a phrase added to the dictionary three years ago) – there’s a hip side to tracking words.

They’re up on their “bling” as a way of describing glitzy jewelry.

And the aforementioned “soul patch” – that small growth of beard under a man’s lower lip that seems to fade in and out of fashion every few decades – is certainly much cooler in Merriam-Webster’s offices than the growing together of eyebrows in the often-mocked “unibrow.”