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CaNsA
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PostPosted: 15:59 - 12 Sep 2016    Post subject: "Words" added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Reply with quote
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/oed-new-words-dictionary-added-yolo-moobs-westminster-bubble-latest-edition-a7238061.html

FFS.

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Cheeseball - someone or something lacking taste, style, or originality, or the breaded and deep fried cheese appetiser

Clickbait - internet content which encourages users to follow a link to a web page often considered to be of low quality or value

Gender-fluid - a person who does not identify with a single fixed gender

Fuhgeddaboudit - A regional colloquialism especially in New York and New Jersey, meaning forget about it and used to indicate a scenario is unlikely or undesirable

Moobs - the chiefly British colloquialism used to describe unusually prominent breasts on a man

Vom - a colloquialism for the word vomit

Yogalates - a fitness routine combining Pilates with the postures and breathing techniques of yoga

YOLO - acronym meaning you only live once, used to express the view that one should make the most of the present moment without worrying about the future

Westminster bubble - an insular community of politicians, journalists, and civil servants, who appear to be out of touch with the experiences of the wider British public
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Ste
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PostPosted: 16:14 - 12 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 16:25 - 12 Sep 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oxford need to fite Ste over whether to add the word "fite". Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:10 - 12 Sep 2016    Post subject: Re: "Words" added to the Oxford English Dictionary Reply with quote
CaNsA wrote:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/oed-new-words-dictionary-added-yolo-moobs-westminster-bubble-latest-edition-a7238061.html

FFS.


Yes, FFS

https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ffs

They have all of the words.
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