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Itsallgood

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 07:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought this was interesting and wanted to share. :-)

Unbelievable! THIS Is In the Dictionary?

By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor
This is how you can tell the English language is alive and well on Planet Earth: We're creating new words. A lot of them. So many that two leading dictionaries on both sides of the Atlantic--the venerable Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary--have added new words to their pages. Read this and update your vocabulary.

anoraky: Socially inept and studious or obsessive person with unfashionable and largely solitary interests

bad ass: A tough, aggressive, or uncooperative person; a trouble-maker

bling-bling: the wearing of expensive designer clothing and flashy jewelry

booty: buttocks

bootylicious: Thanks to Destiny's Child, this is a description of exceptional booty. The song lyrics that changed the dictionary: "Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe"

bunny-boiler: a vindictive woman (see Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction")

bunny-hugger: conservationist or animal lover

chick-flick: movies that appeal to women

chick-lit: books that appeal to women

gearhead: car enthusiast

hottie: a physically attractive person

noogie: the prank of rubbing your knuckles on somebody's head

treehugger: an environmentalist

roadrage: a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually generated by an irritating act of another motorist and is expressed by aggressive or violent behavior

spinmeister: An expert at presenting information or events to the media in a favorable light.

Sia

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 08:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahhh, well. . . I'd prefer that we follow the example of the French and keep such made-up words out our official dictionaries. I'd prefer that they be used in quotation marks to indicate that these words fall in the category of substandard usage; several of them should, IMHO, be hyphenated.

Lumbele

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 12:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have always enjoyed the 'flexibility' of the English language. It can be wonderfully 'colourful'. However, I agree, most of these words should fall into the 'slang' category rather than Webster's.

Sia

Saturday, October 05, 2002 - 02:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hiya, Lumbele, wazzzzzupp? How's it hangin'?

See what I mean? I just hate to hear people speak that way!!

schoolcat

Admin

Monday, October 07, 2002 - 02:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Apparently the Star Trek word "Klingon" is in the latest Collins.