Posted on 08/14/2014 10:53:30 AM PDT by don-o
Pop culture and Internet slang are becoming more official, as confirmed by Oxford's editors this week.
Oxford Dictionaries, the arm of the Oxford family that focuses on current English, announced their latest batch of words Wednesday to be officially added to the ranks. And really, it's amazeballs.
Among the new words: acquihire, amazeballs, binge-watch, bro hug, clickbait, cray (as in cray cray), douchebaggery, FML, hot mess, humblebrag, mansplain, side boob, side-eye, SMH, subtweet, vape, YOLO and zonkey.
Now before you throw your hands up in the air or threaten a bro hug, recognize that this is not the official Oxford English Dictionary. ICYMI, that part of the family requires words to have more historical, significant impact before officially adding them. In other words, don't humblebrag until you've been around a bit longer. Below is a selection of more words going into this update:
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
You can’t be series. That is a hugh thing to expect from a viking kitty.
what does “cray cray” mean? I am thankfully out of touch.
Never heard “cray”.
I have.
We are living the Idiocracy.
The people at Oxford dictionary should be ashamed of themselves legitimizing ghetto trash speak.
Very crazy.
"Oh my gawd!! That is sooooo cray-cray!!"
Learned from my teenage daughter. 
Crazy. Kind of an infantile thing, take the first syllable of a word and double it, like a baby would call a bottle a “bah bah”.
I used to have a crayfish named Cray. What does it mean now?
He designed and combined nice furniture, heat pumps , and computers together.
Stupid. It’s like the movie Ball of Fire where Gary Cooper eagerly writes down all the latest slang....that was completely forgotten in 10 years. That’s why lexicographers have traditionally avoided bothering with slang because it’s so ephemeral.
Wow. I’m young and I haven’t ever heard the last one come out from the mouth of my peers.
Oxford’s gone street cray cray.
I’ll buy my dictionary at the used book store. It needs to be at least 50 years old.
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