You Won’t Believe What Words Have Been Added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Hundreds of new words have been added to The Oxford English Dictionary. Some of the words are squee, moobs, biatch, clickbait, fuhgeddaboudit, ‘Merica and yogalates.

On the Moose Morning Show, in the video above, we talked about a few of the new entries.

Here are a few more with their definitions:

- bracketology (n.): the activity of predicting the participating teams in a tournament (typically the NCAA basketball tournament) and the winners of the competition’s stages, as depicted in a diagram representing the sequence of matches.

- cheese eater (n.): a person who eats cheese; a person who appreciates or routinely consumes cheese.

- clicktivism (n.): the practice of signaling support for a political or social cause by means of the Internet, through social media, online petitions, etc., rather than by more substantive involvement.

– freemium (n.): a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for.

- gender-fluid (adj.): designating a person who does not identify with a single fixed gender.

- non-apology (n.): a statement that takes the form of an apology but does not acknowledge responsibility or express regret for what has caused offence or upset; an insincere or unconvincing apology.

- swirlie (n.): an act of forcibly immersing a person’s head in the bowl of a toilet as it is flushed, typically as a practical joke.

- uptalk (n.): a manner of speaking in which declarative sentences are uttered with rising intonation at the end, a type of intonation more typically associated with questions.

- Yoda (n.): a person who embodies the characteristics of Yoda, esp. in being wise; an elder, sage or guru.

- YOLO (int.): “You only live once”; used to express the view that one should make the most of the present moment without worrying about the future (often as a rationale for impulsive or reckless behavior).