10 New Words added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Catastrophizing: view or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually is.
Overthink: think about (something) too much or for too long.
Matchy-matchy: excessively color coordinated.
LBD: little black dress
Frenemy: a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry.
Cool hunter: a person whose job it is to make observations or predictions about new styles and trends.
Bromance: a close but nonsexual relationship between two men.
Exit strategy: a preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation.
Defriend: another term for unfriend (remove someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site).
Soft skills: personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.
Other Words added to the Online Webster’s Dictionary
religitics (noun): politics influenced by religious views
showmance (noun): romance between two people on a reality TV show
sexercise (noun): sex as a form of exercise
cyberchondriac (noun) one who imagines physical ailments afeter reading about them on the Internet
worddrobe (noun): one’s vocabulary
robocall (noun): an automated phone call that delivers a prerecorded message
cashtray (noun) an ashtray full of coins
BMW (abbreviation): beautiful mature woman
Bradburian (adjective): relating to the works of Ray Bradbury
Poeian (noun) relating to the works of Edgar Allen Poe
carbage (noun) trash left in car
cyberlaofing (noun) surfing the Internet while at work
textversation (noun) an exchange of text messages
krakatoic (adjective): violent, loud or with sudden energy
autumize (verb) to prepare for or make appropriate for autumn
spray mail (noun) the dispatch of one email to a large number of recipients at one time
sucktastic (adjective) fantastically awful or sucky
drizzmal (adjective) rainy weather that evokes melancholy
jeggings (noun): leggings that resemble tight-fitting denim jeans
jenky (adjective): inferior in quality
hujungous (adjuective): humongous
2 comments:
What an awesome list of words! My wordrobe thanks you :)
Hi Sherrie,
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoyed your interview with Jennifer Rees. She's going to be at a conference I'll be attending this weekend.
Brian
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