Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Dabbing, bitchface, slay, smackdown & others among the 300 new words added to Dictionary.com online database

Dictionary.com just added 300 new words to its online database. The latest additions are a potpourri of hyphenations and slang terms you feel kind of embarrassed looking up, but do anyway because you are deeply uncool and language is moving into the future without you.
Three hundred words is a lot, See highlights after the cut



·         420
·         alt-right
·         bitchface
·         cat cafĂ©
·         cheat day
·         clicktivist
·         cold brew
·         dabbing
·         dad bod
·         friendiversary
·         hangry
·         K-pop
·         Kush
·         lightsaber
·         man bun
·         mic drop
·         petrichor
·         sext
·         slay
·         smackdown
·         stochastic terrorism
·         struggle bus
·         superfood
·         teachable moment
·         uncanny valley

Source CNN