The Oxford Dictionary of English has added a new list of words to its pages. My ten favorites are listed below. You can view the entire list here:
- BROMANCE - a close but non-sexual relationship between two men
- HATER - negative person
- DEFRIEND - another term for unfriend (remove someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site)
- STEAMPUNK - a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advance technology
- FRENEMY - a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry
- DICTIONARY ATTACK - an attempt to gain illicit access to a computer system by using a very large set of words to generate potential passwords
- BUZZKILL - a person or thing that has a depressing or dispiriting effect
- MICROBLOGGING - the posting of very short entries on a blog
- FREEMIUM - a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for
- EXIT STRATEGY - a pre-planned means of extricating oneself from a situation
What words would you like to see added to the dictionary?

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