The top ten most unexpected words added to the online Oxford dictionary
The online Oxford dictionary has added 1,000 new words to its database.
The latest additions have been announced, highlighting the things British people have been talking about in the summer of 2015, such as inconsiderate commuters, solidified waste and unacceptable service charges.
Here are ten of the most unexpected words on the list:
See the list at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11827287/The-top-ten-most-unexpected-words-added-to-the-online-Oxford-dictionary.html
Scuba
(53,475 posts)starroute
(12,977 posts)My son uses awesomesauce regularly in Facebook posts.
I've seen newspaper articles complaining about both manspreading and fatbergs. (And if I lived in a city, I would probably have heard them in everyday use.)
Grexit gets used a lot by Paul Krugman.
Fat-shaming is a pretty common complaint.
Bruh is one I'm not sure I've seen, but it's apparently a variant of bro.
Brexit, brants, hangry, and cakeage are the ones I suspect are specifically British.
So on the whole, I don't know why the list would be considered unexpected, except by someone who hasn't been paying attention.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)might be from 'bru' a familiar form of broer an Afrikaans word meaning brother.
Wolf