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[Solar Strength]

I've had CNN on in the hotel every morning and evening and keep hearing these new words:

[Sashadroogie]

Here today, gone tomorr....

[johnslat]

Dear Solar Strength,

I didn't even know what those words mean:

Oxford Dictionaries Online Adds ‘Selfie,’ ‘Emoji’ and Other Tech-Oriented Terms
By JENNA WORTHAM

Selfie, phablet, emoji. A few years ago, these words held little to no meaning for most Americans. But thanks to the onward creep of new and pervasive technologies like smartphones, Facebook and photo-sharing, and communication services like Snapchat and Instagram, they have become nearly ubiquitous.

On Wednesday, Oxford Dictionaries announced it had added a number of new words, many of which were born of a distinctly digital era, into its online lexicon.

“With influences ranging from technology to fashion, there is something for everyone in the update,” the organization said in a blog post.

The organization reviews and adds new words each quarter, along with their formal definitions. This time, the organization added more than 60 new words and terms, including “bitcoin,” the upstart virtual currency that has attracted the attention of federal regulators; “emojis,” the colorful cartoon characters that can replace words in text messages; and “selfie,” a self-portrait taken and then uploaded to a social media site like Facebook or Instagram.

twerk
Pronunciation: /twəːk/
VERB
[NO OBJECT] INFORMAL
Dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance:just wait till they catch their daughters twerking to this song.

Usage: twerk it girl, work it girl
Origin: (1990s) probably an alteration of work

emoji
Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊdʒi/
NOUN (PLURAL SAME OR EMOJIS)
A small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion in electronic communication.

Usage: emoji liven up your text messages with tiny smiley faces
Origin: (1990s) Japanese, from e ‘picture’ + moji ‘letter, character’
Source: Oxford Dictionaries
In addition, the dictionary added the word “phablet,” which refers to the larger-than-life smartphones that appear to be a cross between a tablet computer and a smartphone. And it pinpointed several popular Internet abbreviations, including “FOMO,” which stands for the “fear of missing out” and “tl;dr,” which stands for “too long; didn’t read.”

“The additions may have only just entered the dictionary, but we’ve been watching them for a while now, tracking how and where they are used,” said the organization in its blog post."

Um, regarding "twerk," it says "NO OBJECT" (which I assume means it's supposed to be an intransitive verb), but the example given "twerk it, girsl" seems to have the direct object "it." Also, the commas denoting direct address are missing. Rather shoddy writing, I'd say.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/oxford-dictionaries-online-adds-selfie-emoji-and-other-tech-oriented-terms/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

[teacheratlarge]

I have seen 'emoticon' used for the Japanese word.

[Solar Strength]

Game changing

Game changer

I've heard 3 different people use this expression in the last 45 minutes on CNN.

[KarlaMontelibano]

These words doesn't make sense at all, why should it be included in the dictionary?

[Sashadroogie]

Dictionaries are weird and wonderful worlds unto themselves...

[roadwalker]

I think dictionaries go by the ironic motto of Fox News: We report, you decide. A good dictionary doesn't decide whether a word is worthy of print. If it is in general use, it should be reported, even if it is annoying.

[haleynicole14]