Oxford dictionary of slang
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Snoop Dogg, performs onstage at The Vogue on Feb. The Oxford English Dictionary is calling all kids and teens to help contribute and define teenage slang. Summary Drawing on the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and offering coverage of over 6000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney abaht to the American term zowie, Stone the Crows is a lively and authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries. LOL, BFF, IMHO, and OMG (thats laugh out loud, best friends forever, in my humble opinion and oh my God) are now included in the Dictionary, legitimizing the terms used by millions in texts, emails and instant messages. Now, in Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, John Ayto and John Simpson have gathered together a vibrant collection of over 6,000 slang terms, drawn from the vast Oxford English Dictionary database. The Oxford English Dictionary has added a number of popular Internet slang terms to its pages this week. View more new words and vote on your favorite.įollow Lion, a.k.a. Slang is language with its sleeves rolled up, colorful, pointed, brash, bristling with humor and sometimes with hostility. Other words Oxford Dictionaries added this year include “brain fart,” a temporary mental lapse, “bitch face,” a scowling facial expression, and “fur baby,” someone’s beloved pet. Oxford Dictionaries is not the same as the traditional Oxford English Dictionary, however, both are published by Oxford University Press. “Cakeage” is the fee a restaurant charges for serving a cake the customer has brought.Īnd “cat café” is, of course, a cat café. “Mic drop” literally can be dropping a microphone at the end of a performance or speech to mark its excellence, or figuratively when the speaker feels he made an impressive point. Oxford Dictionaries added 1,000 new words to its informal language collection on Thursday, including slang expressions “mic drop,” “cakeage” and “cat café.”