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Jan 01

New Words 2012

If you think I’m making this up, have a look at the following words that were officially recognized by mainstream dictionaries last year:

Bucket list: a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying

Yolo:  an acronym popularised in social media for “you only live once”.

Cloud computing: storing and sharing your computer data and applications on the internet as opposed to on your own computer.

Earworm: a song or melody that keeps repeating in one’s mind

F-bomb: a lighthearted and printable version of mother of all four letter euphemisms.

Mummy porn: the genre exemplified by the best-selling 50 Shades book series,

Sexting: the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone

Oojamaflip: a thing whose name is temporarily forgotten.

Verbal diarrhoea: a tendency to speak at excessive length.

Floordrobe: a pile of clothes left on the floor of a room.

Hangry: irritable as a result of feeling hungry.

Omnishambles:  A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations.

Squadoosh: nothing.