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)

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