So the OED just released their latest update.
A list of "new words" populating (or is that polluting?) our language.
For example:
Other informal terms in this update include brain fart, bitch face, bruh, butthurt, fur baby, MacGyver, mkay, rando, and swole.
From mic drops to manspreading: an Oxford Dictionaries update | OxfordWords blog
I do realize that the English language has always been a bit of a mongrel, but, has this gone a bit too far?
New words to ponder
New words to ponder
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
New words to ponder
I'm so old that I remember when the dictionary was used to find the proper word to describe something, not what a group of teenagers were mistyping in text messages. 
New words to ponder
The addition of all these pop-words into what claims to be the ultimate authority of the language causes me a bit of heartburn.
Of course the gaudy new home page says it all.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
Of course the gaudy new home page says it all.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
New words to ponder
LarsMac;1484939 wrote: The addition of all these pop-words into what claims to be the ultimate authority of the language causes me a bit of heartburn.
Oxford Dictionaries is a subset of the Oxford University Press, I think. It certainly publishes a large range of dictionaries, of which the OED is but one. The OED is only published online, and doesn't carry the newly-coined words in the article. On the other hand, it has an example of fan-girl (written by the sometime MP for Oxford University) from 1934 and "Nuff said" from the 1840s.
Oxford Dictionaries is a subset of the Oxford University Press, I think. It certainly publishes a large range of dictionaries, of which the OED is but one. The OED is only published online, and doesn't carry the newly-coined words in the article. On the other hand, it has an example of fan-girl (written by the sometime MP for Oxford University) from 1934 and "Nuff said" from the 1840s.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
New words to ponder
Time to move on you old timers.
How would we talk about Tablets the computer kind or emoji or fracking or geek or........and all the other new words ?
How would we talk about Tablets the computer kind or emoji or fracking or geek or........and all the other new words ?
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
New words to ponder
Bruv;1484965 wrote: Time to move on you old timers.
How would we talk about Tablets the computer kind or emoji or fracking or geek or........and all the other new words ?
Rly? Mkay.
How would we talk about Tablets the computer kind or emoji or fracking or geek or........and all the other new words ?
Rly? Mkay.
New words to ponder
Does it include
"The Knack" ?
"The Knack" ?
What happened to Kamala Harris' campaign?
She had the black vote all locked up.
She had the black vote all locked up.