33 words you won't believe are really in the dictionary

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Believe information technology or not, "YOLO" is a real word.
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  • The Oxford English Dictionary adds new words on a regular ground to reflect new cultural phenomena.
  • Fans of "The Sopranos" will be happy to see "Fuhgeddaboudit" in the lexicon.
  • Words like "vom" and "bridey" may raise some eyebrows.
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"Bae" is a term of endearment.

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Definition: A swain or girlfriend; a romantic or sexual partner. Originally and chiefly equally a term of endearment or affectionate form of address.

"Bridey" is another way of saying helpmate-similar.

A wedding dress.
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Definition: Like a bride; resembling that of a bride.

"Jerkface" might exist used in a heated statement.

Someone is being a jerkface.
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Definition: An irritating, despicable, or contemptible person. Chiefly as a term of corruption.

"Noob" began as video-game slang.

New to the game.
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Definition: Originally and often in online contexts: a person new to or inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, specially computing or video games.

Cocktail parties tin be "schmoozefests."

A schmoozefest.
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Definition: An event, meeting, etc, involving a swell deal of schmoozing, especially one at which people chat in an ingratiating or insincere way.

A "bro hug" is not significantly different from a regular hug.

A bro hug.
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Definition:a friendly cover between two men.

"Adorbs" is a shortened form of "adorable."

An adorable kitten.
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Definition: arousing smashing please; cute or adorable.

While used for decades, "yas" became better known through a viral video in the 2010s where a Lady Gaga fan expressed his admiration for the star.

Yaaas, Gaga.
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Definition: expressing neat pleasance or excitement.

"Vom," in other words, is vomit.

Not fun.
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Definition: vomit.

Some people might accept stronger "gaydar" than others.

New York Pride.
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Definition: the supposed ability of homosexuals to recognize i another by means of very slight indications.

When it's not a phone or a tablet, it'southward a "phablet."

A "phablet."
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Definition: a smartphone having a screen which is intermediate in size between that of a typical smartphone and a tablet figurer.

Designer Betsey Johnson is an example of a "glam-ma."

Betsey Johnson.
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Definition: a glamorous grandmother, especially one who is relatively immature or manner-conscious.

"Worstest" is an bodily discussion.

Getting a ticket is the worstest.
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Definition: worst in emphatic utilize.

Some arguments tin be settled with a "trip the light fantastic toe-off."

"Napoleon Dynamite" having a trip the light fantastic-off with himself.
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Definition: a contest, or a round in a competition, in which a number of dancers compete confronting each other until a winner is declared.

"Emojis" take inverse the way nosotros communicate.

The emoji featured on WhatsApp.
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Definition: a minor digital epitome or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc.

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are "besties."

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King.
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Definition: best friends.

"Bookaholics" can never accept too many books.

So many books.
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Definition: a habitual and prolific reader; a compulsive book buyer.

Miley Cyrus fabricated waves when she began to "twerk" at the 2013 VMAs.

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Definition: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.

"Vlog" is short for "video weblog."

Vlogs of YouTubers reviewing viral food trends are especially popular.
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Definition: a personal website or social media account where a person regularly posts short videos.

"Glamping" puts regular camping to shame.

Not your average tent.
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Definition: a class of camping involving accommodation and facilities more than luxurious than those associated with traditional camping ground.

People go "hangry" when they haven't eaten.

Snacks are crucial.
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Definition: bad-tempered or irritable equally a result of hunger.

"Binge-watching" has become a national pastime.

Just one more episode.
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Definition: to lookout multiple episodes of (a television program) in rapid succession, typically by ways of DVDs or digital streaming .

"Puggles" are, to use another new word, "adorbs."

As well beautiful for words.
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Definition: a dog that is a cross-breed of a pug and a beagle.

"Adulting" as well became a verb.

I might say that cooking dinner is "adulting."
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Definition: to get, be, or conduct as an adult; to conduct out the mundane or everyday tasks that are a necessary office of adult life.

Many films and Television shows imagine what would happen in a "zombocalypse."

A even so from Netflix's "Regular army of the Dead."
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Definition: An imaginary consequence (as in a flick, etc.) in which the globe is taken over by zombies.

To "glitter bomb" someone is a harmless but stray prank.

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Definition: to disperse a shower of glitter over (someone or something) as a prank or as part of a political protest.

Deal icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.

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