Britain's Oxford University Press announced today it has officially added several new words to oxforddictionaries.com. They prove that we are a bunch of fad-dieting, TV and nicotine addicted ex-smokers who are so busy tweeting that we need a shorthand way of saying "we're really busy."
Here's some of the list, with definitions, that may or may not have just been made up by me:
vape v. that thing people do with e-cigs that is supposed to be less obtrusive, but somehow is soo much douchier than just smoking a friggin' Newport
binge-watch v. that thing you do when you should be doing literally anything else, such as eating, sleeping, studying, walking your dog, writing that novel, calling your mom or forming a meaningful human connection
paleo diet n. that thing some overly energetic guy at your job does, while you go home and order a large pepperoni
listicle n.that thing that you swore you'd never write while you were secure in your cocoon of idealism and student loans at journalism school, but then you graduated and needed money
time-poor adj. some shit that self-help authors and guys who wear suits to work say
Oxford's editors tracked about 150 million English words used online, in newspapers and other places to decide which ones to add. Here are some more of the recently-added words that prove we're all terrible:
adorbs
air punch
amazeballs
Bank of Mum and Dad
bro hug
clickbait
cray
douchebaggery
fandom
FML
hate-watch
hot mess
humblebrag
hyperconnected
ICYMI
live-tweet
mud run
neckbeard
side boob
side-eye
smartwatch
SMH
throw shade
YOLO
[Via ABC]
