IMHO, it seems weird that the OED has included OMG, LOL, BFF and TMI in its latest edition. Wassup?
(Translation: In my humble opinion, it seems weird that the Oxford English Dictionary has included such initialisms as Oh My God, Laughing Out Loud, Best Friends Forever and Too Much Information. What's going on?)
Devised as short forms for electronic communications, people have incorporated them into speech.
Other new words added to the dictionary reflects 鈥渢he culinary appetites of the English-speaking world,鈥� with entries including "kleftiko" (a Greek lamb dish) and "taquito" (Tex-Mex snack). Another food-related addition, 鈥渢he ten-second rule,鈥� allows for the eating of food that鈥檚 fallen to the floor if it鈥檚 retrieved in time.
The dictionary notes 鈥渢he vocabulary of drunkenness鈥� continues to expand, with the term 鈥渓ashed鈥� just added. Other figures of speech to make the dictionary includes 鈥渟mack talk,鈥� (boastful or insulting banter), 鈥渕uffin top,鈥� (the roll of flesh above a tight pair of pants), and 鈥渃ouching surfing,鈥� (the practice of spending the night on a friend鈥檚 couch instead of finding a place to live).
Here鈥檚 the full list of words from the . (LOL, 鈥渟tonewashed鈥� took awhile to show up.)
What words do you use everyday that should make it into the dictionary? Join the discussion.
OMG, LOL and TMI added to OED
Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary reflect digital communications
Marilyn Smulders - March 25, 2011
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