23 New Words Added to the Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary released its list of new words set to be added to the big book of words. And thanks to these additions, you can now properly define things like ‘manspreading’ and ‘beer o’clock.’
It’s clear from one look at the new word list that young people and pop culture played a huge role in the word choices. Just check out the dictionary’s opening paragraph about its new words:
NBD, but are you ready to fangirl over our dictionary ｕpdate? Abso-bloody-lutely. We’ve got some awesomesauce new words – no, rly – that will inform and entertain whether you’re hangry or it’s already wine o’clock. Mic ｄrop.
All of the words listed below will be added to the web version of the dictionary. No word yet on if the new words will ultimately make it into print. Check out all the new words below.
Awesomesauce, adj.: (U.S. informal) extremely good excellent
Bants (also bantz), pl. n.: (Brit. informal) playfully teasing or mocking remarks exchanged with another person or group banter
Beer o’clock, n: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink beer
Blockchain, n.: a digital ledger in which transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are recorded chronologically and publicly
Brain fart, n.: (informal) a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly
Brexit, n.: a term for the potential or hypothetical departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Bruh, n: (U.S. informal) a male friend (often used as a form of address)
Buttdial, v.: (U.S. informal) inadvertently call (someone) on a mobile phone in one’s rear trouser pocket
Butthurt, adj.: (U.S. informal) overly or unjustifiably offended or resentful
Cakeage,n.: (informal) a charge made by a restaurant for serving a cake they have not supplied themselves
Cat cafe, n.: a café or similar establishment where people pay to interact with cats housed on the premises
Fast-casual, adj.: denoting or relating to a type of high-quality self-service restaurant offering dishes that are prepared to order and more expensive than those available in a typical fast-food restaurant
Fatberg, n.: a very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage system, consisting especially of congealed fat and personal hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets
Fat-shame, v.: cause (someone judged to be fat or overweight) to feel humiliated by making mocking or critical comments about their size
Grexit, n.: a term for the potential withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone (the economic region formed by those ｃountries in the European Union that use the euro as their national currency)
Hangry, adj.: (informal) bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger
MacGyver, v.: (U.S. informal) make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand
Manspreading, n.: the practice whereby a man, especially one traveling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats
Mic ｄrop, n.: (informal, chiefly U.S.) an instance of deliberately ｄropping or tossing aside one’s microphone at the end of a performance or speech one considers to have been particularly impressive
Mx, n.: a title used before a person’s surname or full name by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender or by those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or female
Rage-quit, v.: (informal) angrily abandon an activity or pursuit that has become frustrating, especially the playing of a video game
Skippable, adj.: (of a part or feature of something) able to be omitted or passed over so as to get to the next part or feature
Wine o’clock, n.: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink wine
Article Source: http://www.ryot.org/dictionary-new-words-manspreading/941452
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VOCABULARY WORDS:
1. Lapse (v.) ~ a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment
2. Hypothetical (adj.) ~ of, based on, or serving as a hypothesis
3. Inadvertently (adv.) ~ without intention accidentally
4. Humiliate (v.) ~ make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, especially publicly
5. Improvised (adj.) ~ done or made using whatever is available makeshift
6. Encroach (v.) ~ intrude on (a person's territory or a thing considered to be a right)
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:
1. Let’s discuss some of the new vocabulary words which are added to Oxford dictionary.
2. What are the factors that influence the creation of new words?
3. Are there some newly-coined Korean words. Give some example and explain the meaning and usage.
