Results: New "words" added to the Oxford Dictionary.
Published on 08/30/2013
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Did you know the words "twerk" and "selfie" are now official English words in the Oxford Dictionary? Yes.
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I had no idea these words even existed.
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Did you know the official definition for the word selfie is : selfie, n. (informal): a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website? Yes. I take selfies ALL the time!
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How could this even be considered a word?
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Did you know that the term "twerking" did not originate from Miley Cyrus but from the 90s?The "informal" verb is defined as "[dancing] to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance." Yes.
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I don't even care.
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Besides "twerking" and "selfie", the Oxford Dictionary has also added: emojis (little cartoon icons people text with) , food babies (when you eat so much, that your stomach looks pregnant) , srsly (abbreviation for seriously), and phablet (a phone so large that it's almost a tablet). Are you familiar with any of these terms? Yes
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Do you think the Oxford Dictionary is going a little overboard with all these new additions of words? Yes. They are unnecessary.
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No. I'm glad they're finally official words in the English language.
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I don't care.
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