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SOME 1,200 NEW words have been included in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
Moobs, gender-fluid and the acronym Yolo, meaning you only live once, are among the new entries. The social media expression was included after Fomo, fear of missing out, was introduced in 2015.
Moobs describes unusually prominent breasts on a man, typically as a result of excess pectoral fat.
Gender-fluid refers to a person who doesn’t identify with a single fixed gender.
Other examples include Yogalates – pilates exercises combined with yoga techniques, cheeseball – someone or something lacking taste, style or originality, or the breaded and deep fried cheese appetiser.
‘Westminster bubble’ – describes an insular community of politicians, journalists, and civil servants, who appear to be out of touch with the experiences of the wider British public. It was first used in 1998.
The chief editor of the OED, Michael Proffitt, said the latest update “confirms the OED as one of the largest and longest-running language research projects in the world”.
In the latest update in May, words most commonly heard on the streets of Hong Kong and Singapore like “yum cha” and “wah” entered the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Adsnca is my new word – a dictionary should not contain acronyms
FYI has been in the dictionary since the 1920s, but okay gramps.
“FYI” is not an acronym. An acronym needs to made a word. “FYI” is an initialism.
How ironic that Brian put Bryan back in his box.
I read the dictionary once … The xylophone did it
The film was much better.
The zyxt did it.
I wish YOLO would DIAF.
“Wah” Has been used by the Irish for generations and us only being included now?
Use: Wah are you bleedin’ on about?
All these made up words make the dictionary utterly malunafanasicable…..
How do buddhists feel about this?
Langer has been in it for a long time.
So Chinese slang words are now entered into the Oxford ENGLISH dictionary? Oxford tryin to be hip and cool I think!
Is it some type of cleaning fluid that can be used by men and women☺
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