miércoles, 16 de septiembre de 2015

New English words in the dictionary

Is it 'hungry'?, or 'angry'?, or 'hangry'?

This is an example of an English word that often confuses learners. Nevertheless, HANGRY is nowadays a new word in the Oxford Dictionary, so it's written correctly.

These are the new words accepted by Oxford Dictionary:

  • awesomesauce, adj.: (US informal) extremely good; excellent. 
  • bants (also bantz), pl. n.: (Brit. informal) playfully teasing or mocking. remarks exchanged with another person or group; banter. 
  • beer o’clock, n: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink beer. 
  • brain fart, n.: (informal) a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.
  • Brexit, n.: a term for the potential or hypothetical departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. 
  • bruh, n: (US informal) a male friend (often used as a form of address). 
  • cakeage,n.: (informal) a charge made by a restaurant for serving a cake they have not supplied themselves.
  • cat cafe, n.: a cafe or similar establishment where people pay to interact with cats housed on the premises. 
  • cupcakery, n.: a bakery that specialises in cupcakes. 
  • deradicalisation, n.: the action or process of causing a person with extreme views to adopt more moderate positions on political or social issues. 
  • fatberg, n.: a very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage system, consisting especially of congealed fat and personal hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets. 
  • fat-shame, v.: cause (someone judged to be fat or overweight) to feel humiliated by making mocking or critical comments about their size. 
  • fur baby, n.: a person’s dog, cat, or other furry pet animal. 
  • Grexit, n.: a term for the potential withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone (the economic region formed by those countries in the European Union that use the euro as their national currency). 
  • hangry, adj.: (informal) bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger. 
  • manspreading, n.: the practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats. 
  • mkay, excl.: (informal, chiefly US) non-standard spelling of OK, representing an informal pronunciation (typically used at the end of a statement to invite agreement, approval, or confirmation). 
  • Mx, n.: a title used before a person’s surname or full name by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender or by those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or female. 
  • pocket dial, v.: inadvertently call (someone) on a mobile phone in one’s pocket, as a result of pressure being accidentally applied to a button or buttons on the phone. 
  • rage-quit, v.: (informal) angrily abandon an activity or pursuit that has become frustrating, especially the playing of a video game. 
  • rando, n.: (informal) a person one does not know, especially one regarded as odd, suspicious, or engaging in socially inappropriate behaviour. 
  • Redditor, n.: a registered user of the website Reddit. 
  • social justice warrior, n.: (informal, derogatory) a person who expresses or promotes socially progressive views. 
  • snackable, adj.: (of online content) designed to be read, viewed, or otherwise engaged with briefly and easily. 
  • spear phishing, n.: the fraudulent practice of sending emails ostensibly from a known or trusted sender in order to induce targeted individuals to reveal confidential information. 
  • swatting, n.: (US informal) the action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large. number of armed police officers to a particular address. 
  • weak sauce, n.: (US informal) something that is of a poor or disappointing standard or quality.
  • wine o’clock, n.: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink wine.
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