The words “retweet”, “sexting”, and “cyberbullying” have been added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. While words like ”brabble” (which is a “paltry noisy quarrel”) and “growlery” (a private room or den), but also terms still in common use until recently like “cassette tape” got the boot from the publication.
In celebrating its centenary anniversary, the twelfth edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionaryadds 400 new words, for a total of 240,000 total entries.
By including Internet slang and terminology in its latest edition, the Oxford University Press proves its commitment to “setting out new meanings for words”.
Here are a few of the new words added and their accompanying definitions:
Retweet
verb: (on the social networking service Twitter) repost or forward (a message posted by another user)
Sexting
noun: the sending of sexually explicit photographs or messages via mobile phone
Cyberbullying
noun: the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
Other new words added to the Concise Oxford Dictionary include “woot” (used to express enthusiasm in online communication) and “kinematograph” (an early film projector).
Earlier this year, online initialisms ”LOL” and “OMG” were added to the Oxford English Dictionary–a larger and more inclusive dictionary published by Oxford University Press.
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