HOT 107.9 » new words http://1079ishot.com Acadiana's Hottest Music Thu, 23 May 2013 20:10:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Sexting, Retweet and Jeggings Among New Words Added to Dictionary http://1079ishot.com/sexting-retweet-jeggings-added-to-dictionary/ http://1079ishot.com/sexting-retweet-jeggings-added-to-dictionary/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:08:01 +0000 Shauna Wright http://thefw.com/?p=29063 The ‘Concise Oxford English Dictionary,’ celebrating its 100th birthday this year, has added 400 new entries to the English language.

The freshman class of words that are now officially, well, words include “sexting,” “retweet,” “mankini,” “noob,” “jeggings,” and “woot.”

]]> http://1079ishot.com/sexting-retweet-jeggings-added-to-dictionary/feed/ 0 crdotx, Flickr New Words Added To The Dictionary http://1079ishot.com/new-words-added-to-the-dictionary/ http://1079ishot.com/new-words-added-to-the-dictionary/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:00:28 +0000 Chris Logan http://1079ishot.com/?p=7138 The Oxford English Dictionary just got a whole lot classier.

According to the Independent, the famous book of words has added a new batch of phrases to its online dictionary, including the "five-second rule" and "muffin top."

Look up "five-second rule" and you'll find the following: "Allows for the eating of a delicious morsel that has fallen to the floor, provided that it is retrieved within the specified period of time."

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