Showing posts with label new words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new words. Show all posts
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I'm Down With ODE


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:

  1. BROMANCE - a close but non-sexual relationship between two men
  2. HATER - negative person
  3. DEFRIEND - another term for unfriend (remove someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site)
  4. STEAMPUNK - a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advance technology
  5. FRENEMY - a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry
  6. DICTIONARY ATTACK - an attempt to gain illicit access to a computer system by using a very large set of words to generate potential passwords
  7. BUZZKILL - a person or thing that has a depressing or dispiriting effect
  8. MICROBLOGGING - the posting of very short entries on a blog
  9. FREEMIUM - a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for
  10. EXIT STRATEGY - a pre-planned means of extricating oneself from a situation
I was surprised that some of these words weren't already there (steampunk, bromance) but I guess that's because I use them so often. Keeping my fingers crossed for ASSHAT next year.

What words would you like to see added to the dictionary?
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