Oxford Adds YOLO, Side-Boob As New Words To Online Dictionary

[Shola Sholaz]

A release by the Britain's Oxford University Press said that it has added new words to its online Oxford Dictionaries to reflect new language trends.
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According to OxfordDictionaries.com August update, some of the words includes Catfish, Side-Boob, Side Eye, Neckbeard, Hyber-connected, Air Punch, Bare, Baller, Fratty, Hench, Bedroom Tax and Pharmacovigilance.
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Others are abbreviation such as WDYT, meaning What Do You Think? and YOLO, meaning You Only Live Once.
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The Oxford Dictionaries editor, Katherine Martin, in its August online updates, said: "These are words that are common enough that you are likely to encounter them, and may have to look up their meanings."
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She added that such new entries are informal words or abbreviations that reflect people's changing media consumption habits and the Internet's ever-increasing prominence.
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Martin however said that the inclusion in the online dictionary does not mean the words will become permanent additions to the English language.