Saturday, September 12, 2015

Awesomesauce! 30 new words added to Oxford dictionary

Here is our list of some really cool words from the latest
update.
Awesomesauce (adj): Extremely good
Beer o' clock (n): The best time of day to drink beer
Brain fart (n): A temporary mental lapse to reason correctly
Bitch face (n): (With reference to a woman) a scowling
facial expression
Bruh (n): A male friend
Butt dial (v): Inadvertently dial someone on a mobile phone
that is in one's rear trouser pocket
Butthurt (adj): Overly offended
Bants (n): Playfully teasing
Cate cafe (n): A cafe where people pay to interact with cats
housed on the premises
Fat-shame (v): Cause (someone judged to be fat or
overweight) to feel humiliated by making mocking or critical
comments about their size
Fatberg (n): A very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage
system, consisting especially of congealed fat and personal
hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets
Fur baby (n): A person's dog, cat, or other furry pet animal
Glanceable (adj): Denoting or relating to information,
especially as displayed on an electronic screen, that can be
read or understood very quickly and easily
Hangry (adj): Bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger
Manspreading (n): The practice whereby a man, especially
one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position
with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an
adjacent seat or seats

Manic pixie dream girl (n): A type of female character
depicted as vivacious and appealingly quirky, whose main
purpose within the narrative is to inspire a greater
appreciation for life in a male protagonist
Mecha (n): (In anime, manga, etc) a large armoured robot,
typically controlled by a person riding inside the robot itself
Mic drop (n): (Informal, chiefly US) an instance of
deliberately dropping or tossing aside one's microphone at
the end of a performance or speech one considers to have
been particularly impressive
Mx (n): A title used before a person's surname or full name
by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender or by
those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or
female
NBD (abbrev): No big deal
Pwnage (n): (Especially in video gaming) the action or fact
of utterly defeating an opponent or rival
Rage-quit (v): Angrily abandon an activity or pursuit that
has become frustrating, especially the playing of a video
game
Rly (abbrev): Really
Skippable (adj): (of a part or feature of something) able to
be omitted or passed over so as to get to the next part or
feature
Social Justice Warrior or SJW (n): (Derogatory) A person
who expresses or promotes socially progressive views
Snackable (adj): (of online content) designed to be read,
viewed, or otherwise engaged with briefly and easily
Spear phishing (n): The fraudulent practice of sending e-
mails ostensibly from a known or trusted sender in order to
induce targeted individuals to reveal confidential
information
Swatting (n): The action or practice of making a hoax call to
the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the
dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a
particular address
Wine o' clock (n): An appropriate time of day for starting to
drink wine
Weak sauce (n): Something that is of a poor or
disappointing standard or quality

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