FabSwingers.com forum: Hangry and ransomware......

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Are added to Oxford English Dictionary.

Reading an article this morning and I came across this...

'Mansplaining, ransomware and hangry are among more than 1,000 words that have been added to the latest Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Also included are initialisms used on the online parenting forum Mumsnet such as TTC - meaning trying to conceive.

OED senior editor Fi Mooring said the words chosen will resonate "even with people who are not parents".

The dictionary consults experts to determine what should be added to its 829,000 words.

The OED is updated four times a year with the next update due in April 2018.

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What's new?

TTC - trying to conceive

BFN/ BFP - big fat negative/ big fat positive (related to the results of a pregnancy test)

CIO - cry it out

Hangry - bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger

Hazzle - to dry in open air

Lactivism - advocating in favour of breast-feeding, rather than bottle-feeding

Tomgirl - a girl or woman who acts or dresses in a manner conventionally more associated with boys

Geg - Liverpudlian slang for intruding or joining in uninvited

Masstige - a combination of the words masses and prestige referring to cheap products marketed as luxurious'

So if you could add a word(s) into the Dictionary what would it be?

This should be fun