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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
Thu Aug 27, 2015, 07:20 AM Aug 2015

The top ten most unexpected words added to the online Oxford dictionary

The online Oxford dictionary has added 1,000 new words to its database.

The latest additions have been announced, highlighting the things British people have been talking about in the summer of 2015, such as inconsiderate commuters, solidified waste and unacceptable service charges.

Here are ten of the most unexpected words on the list:

See the list at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11827287/The-top-ten-most-unexpected-words-added-to-the-online-Oxford-dictionary.html

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The top ten most unexpected words added to the online Oxford dictionary (Original Post) PoliticAverse Aug 2015 OP
I like "hangry." The rest are kinda blah. Scuba Aug 2015 #1
A few of those may be UK-only, but I've seen most of them around starroute Aug 2015 #2
I wonder if Bruh Wolf Frankula Sep 2015 #3

starroute

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2. A few of those may be UK-only, but I've seen most of them around
Fri Aug 28, 2015, 12:12 AM
Aug 2015

My son uses awesomesauce regularly in Facebook posts.

I've seen newspaper articles complaining about both manspreading and fatbergs. (And if I lived in a city, I would probably have heard them in everyday use.)

Grexit gets used a lot by Paul Krugman.

Fat-shaming is a pretty common complaint.

Bruh is one I'm not sure I've seen, but it's apparently a variant of bro.

Brexit, brants, hangry, and cakeage are the ones I suspect are specifically British.

So on the whole, I don't know why the list would be considered unexpected, except by someone who hasn't been paying attention.

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