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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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i know i use some of these words, but really?! adding them to the dictionary?! sigh....
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The Oxford English Dictionary is a warehouse of over 600,000 words. Despite this large arsenal, we continue to coin, clip, and blend new words into existence, and the OED folks pump some of these new words into their dictionary. Here are some more recent additions with their official definitions.
1. Bling (n): Expensive, ostentatious clothing and jewelry.
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2. Bromance (n): A close but non-sexual relationship between two men.
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3. Chillax (v): Calm down and relax.
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4. Crunk (adj): Very excited or full of energy. |
full list at the link http://x.co/mYcc
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Drew Linky
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You have got to be kidding me. "Grrrrl"?
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JoshWoodzy
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Location: Goshen, VA
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I've never said "Chillax" in my life, and wish death upon people who do.
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Klimbatize
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Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
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I've said it, but always ironically.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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Ugh.
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So here's to you Mrs. Robinson. People love you more- oh, nevermind. |
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16135
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| I've never said "Chillax" in my life, and wish death upon people who do. |
chillax bro
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Cameron
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Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
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How did they determine how many "r"s went into grrrl?
Also the only word I can see not turning into archaic slang within the next 3-5 years is Infomania.
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Alowishus
Joined: Aug 04 2009
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Why do you even care? You speak and write American English. The Oxford Dictionary carries all British Spelling so i wouldn't even be worrying a little hair on your heads. I have to care cause i speak Hiberno-English and write in British English.
Although the words are stupid they continually add and remove words all the time. Look at a dictionary from the 70s and some of the words are laughable. It's just a sign of the times and in like 20-30 years they will be gone again.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
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It's a dictionary. It's supposed to have all the words. And when we make new words, they get added in. It's a yearly thing, you know.
Some of those are pretty silly choices, though. On the flip side, it is REALLY cool to see "truthiness" elevated to word status, and how did it take this long to get "D'oh" in there?
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Hacker
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34. Whovian (n): A fan of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.
This made my day
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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I'm fine with a lot of these, but I know lots of people, and if any one of us said the word "Twitterati" even in an ironic sense, we would receive a well-deserved back-alley ass whipping. I just don't think anyone actually uses a lot of these words outside of a mocking tone, and the dictionary adding them just seems like a grab at young people, and any time an adult tries to jump on modern slang, it just automatically makes us all cringe.
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Bob Dylan`s Blues
Title: Worlds Strongest Man
Joined: Jun 08 2011
Location: Your nightmares
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When can I expect these to get use in spelling bees?
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SoldierHawk
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Title: Warrior-Poet
Joined: Jan 15 2009
Location: San Diego, CA
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So THAT'S what "crunk" means.
Leave it to my best buddy the OED to finally explain that shit to me.
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Beach Bum
Joined: Dec 08 2010
Location: At the pants party.
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So THAT'S what "crunk" means.
Leave it to my best buddy the OED to finally explain that shit to me. |
Yeah that's not what I thought it was. I always just assumed it was some urban slang combination of crazy and drunk, basically meaning to get really wasted. Guess I was wrong.
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JRA
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| JoshWoodzy wrote: |
| I've never said "Chillax" in my life, and wish death upon people who do. |
1000 times this. Now I really hate humanity.
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22. OMG (ex): Used to express surprise, excitement, or disbelief. (Dates back to 1917.)
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| You have got to be kidding me. "Grrrrl"? |
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A young woman regarded as independent and strong or aggressive, especially in her attitude to men or in her sexuality (A blend of “Grrrr” and “Girl.”)
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Last time I checked such a person was called a bitch.
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Drew Linky
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| Beach Bum wrote: |
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So THAT'S what "crunk" means.
Leave it to my best buddy the OED to finally explain that shit to me. |
Yeah that's not what I thought it was. I always just assumed it was some urban slang combination of crazy and drunk, basically meaning to get really wasted. Guess I was wrong. |
I learned during high school that crunk is supposed to mean a drug/alcohol binge of sorts. Maybe both at the same time.
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Greg the White
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| JRA wrote: |
| Drew Linky wrote: |
| You have got to be kidding me. "Grrrrl"? |
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A young woman regarded as independent and strong or aggressive, especially in her attitude to men or in her sexuality (A blend of “Grrrr” and “Girl.”)
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Last time I checked such a person was called a bitch. |
"Grrrrl" or whatever has been in the punk lexicon for about 30 years to basically lump female hardcore bands like Bikini Kill into one sub-genre called Riot-Grrrl. Doesn't make it any less retarded of a word, though.
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Drew Linky
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Perhaps it's just me and being born later than you guys, but I tend to associate "grrrl" with women in their late teens or early twenties that are hardcore bitches who shop all the time. Typically really opinionated.
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