A Listicle Of The New Online Words
Updated: 1:23pm UK, Thursday 14 August 2014
OxfordDictionaries.com in its latest quarterly update giving an insight into current language usage trends. Here are some of the words.
:: Amazeballs
This refashioning of "amazing" originated on YouTube and was popularised by Hollywood blogger Perez Hilton
:: Baller
Originally used to refer to successful basketball players, this complimentary term has been used in two songs by girl group Destiny's Child
:: Bare
Another way of saying "very"
:: Binge-watch
In the world of Netflix, Binge-watch refers to excessive or over-indulgent watching of a TV series
:: Bro hug
This hug between two men combines a handshake with a one-armed hug, striking the balance between love and machismo
:: Catfish
Popularised in a 2010 documentary film and the MTV series that followed, "catfish" refers to someone who uses a fake social media identity, often to pursue deceptive online romances
:: Clickbait
Sensational Internet content designed to attract attention.
:: Cotch
This originally Jamaican word is slowly replacing "chill" and refers to resting somewhere or "hanging out"
:: Cray
Crazy, but without the Z. Popularised by a song by Kanye West and Jay-Z, the word is often used twice for extra effect ("That's cray cray")
:: Doncha
Possibly originally from the Pussycat Dolls song "Don't cha", this is slang for "Don't you". Doncha love all these new amazeballs words?
:: Hench
This is the buzzword used nowadays in place of "well-built" or "muscly". Bodybuilder Tiny Iron is known for his slogan "Get Hench or die trying". Time to hit the gym and get hench?
:: Hot mess
This one's been around for a long time and referred to food for soldiers in the 1800s; today it refers to an attractive person in a state of disarray.
:: Humblebrag
Arrogance made to look like self-deprecation, this might be used to mean "fake modesty".
:: Listicle
Merge the words "list" and "article" and you have a listicle; an article made up of a list. You may have seen one on Buzzfeed … you might say this is a listicle.
:: Live-tweet
#Providing #live #coverage #of #an #event #via #Twitter.
:: Mansplain
This refers to a man speaking condescendingly to a woman on the assumption that she knows less than he does about the topic in question. It has even been used to describe Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
:: Neckbeard
Also often referred to as "neard", this refers to a person whose facial hair is primarily on their chin and neck. It has also been popularised as an internet term referring to unattractive internet users.
:: Side boob
The bared breast as seen from the side – used when discussing women and men.
:: SMH
This acronym expresses disapproval and can either stand for "Shaking my head" or "So much hate".
:: Vape
Using an electronic cigarette instead of smoking.
:: Zonkey
A zonkey is a hybrid of a zebra and a donkey. It's actually part of a whole class of zebra hybrids, called zebroids – the first step towards zebmen?
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