The editors atOxfordDictionaries.comtry to ride out on top of the latest developments in English mental lexicon , and they just bring 1,000 new words to their online lexicon .
update admit acronym likeWTAF(“what the actual f _ _ ” ) , shortenings likejel(jealous ) and creative spelling likehawtandfone .
The new entries are n’t necessarily new Good Book ; some are very sometime ( coolheaded bonce , five - second formula ) , and some are so “ last year ( or five ) ” ( lolcat , duckface , Obamacare ) , but quite a few were new to me . And I like to think I keep up with the modish in word news .
Most of these are British or Australian coinages , and have n’t made it to the US yet . I plan to do my part foral deskoandmahoosiveat the very least .
1 . AL DESKO
A play on al fresco , which think “ dine outside , ” this Holy Scripture is perfect for the way we experience now , wolfing down food for thought at our desks while mess around on the computer .
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2 . MAHOOSIVE
Even bigger than monolithic . And it sounds that means does n’t it ? The new ginormous .
3 . MAMIL
Stands for “ middle aged man in Lycra ” and has to do with the current cycling furor . honor the MAMIL in his lifelike home ground . His bicycle is expensive and his outfit is fashion more professional than it has to be .
4 . MARMITE
It ’s yeasty . It ’s piquant . You have a go at it it or you hate it . And now it ’s “ used in source to something that tends to arouse powerfully positive or electronegative reaction rather than indifference . ”
5 . SHINY BUM
An Australian full term for a administrative official or office worker . Not sure what the imagery is here . They sit so much their buns get shiny ? They spend their time polish up their bums for osculate ?
6 . SILVERTAIL
Australian for “ someone who is socially prominent or exhibit social inspiration . ”
7 . simpleton
British Good Book “ used to convey that something is very straightforward . ”
8 . STICKER LICKER
How Australians refer to the soul who issues parking fines .
9 . THE ANT ’S trouser
This Australian version of “ the bee ’s knees ” is the cat ’s pajamas .
10 . TIKI - TAKA
terminus for a fashion of association football play “ involve extremely precise short passing and an accent on retaining possession of the ball . ”
11 . TOMOZ
“ Tomorrow , ” which has way too many syllables , obvs .
