The Oxford English Dictionary released a list of new words that have recently been accepted into the ‘English Language’. Here’s a sample that I find interesting:
agroterrorism - n. terrorist acts intended to disrupt or damage a country’s agriculture.
bahookie - n. a person’s buttocks.
crunk - adj. (of a person) very excited or full of energy.
mentee - n. a person who is advised, trained, or counseled by a mentor.
mzee - n. (origins in East Africa) an older person; an elder.
plank - n. (informal) a stupid person.
ponzu - n. a sauce or dip made with soy sauce and citrus juice
radge - n. a wild, crazy, or violent person.
rendition - n. (also extraordinary rendition) the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners.
twonk - n. (informal) a stupid or foolish person – origin 1980s: a blend of twit or twat and plonker.
Yogalates (also trademark Yogilates) - n. a fitness routine that combines Pilates exercises with the postures and breathing techniques of yoga – origin 1990s: blend of yoga and Pilates.
One word that came close but did not quite make it was Bloglish - the act of writing a blog in a language resembling English - I like it and think it should have been included!!
Maybe they should have also included blogorrhea - the tendency to fill a blog with too much trivial material. (Of course its a formation, from blog and the ending -rrhoea, which comes from Greek rhoia ‘flow, flux’ (as in diarrhoea) and is also associated closely with the established actual word logorrhoea meaning ‘the tendency to talk too much’).
End of Winter Term
16 years ago
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