Interesting Words - Dictionary Additions
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added over 1,000 words.
(New entries include air-punching - the act of thrusting a clenched fist into the air in elation or triumph.
Agender for designating people who do not identify themselves as a particular gender.
Bovver - part of the catchphrase of comedian Catherine Tate's teenage character Lauren (Bovvered?)
Budgie smugglers - close-fitting swimming trunks
Dudettes - the female form of dude.
Fro-yo - the short form for frozen yoghurt.
Starter marriages are short-lived first marriages.
*Stupid o'clock - used to describe a time outside normal waking hours.
*See! I told you it would make it in eventually.)
A couple of new abbreviations were added too:-
ICYMI (in case you missed it)
FWIW (for what it's worth)
(New entries include air-punching - the act of thrusting a clenched fist into the air in elation or triumph.
Agender for designating people who do not identify themselves as a particular gender.
Bovver - part of the catchphrase of comedian Catherine Tate's teenage character Lauren (Bovvered?)
Budgie smugglers - close-fitting swimming trunks
Dudettes - the female form of dude.
Fro-yo - the short form for frozen yoghurt.
Starter marriages are short-lived first marriages.
*Stupid o'clock - used to describe a time outside normal waking hours.
*See! I told you it would make it in eventually.)
A couple of new abbreviations were added too:-
ICYMI (in case you missed it)
FWIW (for what it's worth)
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