Oxford Dictionary Slang Additions

Each year the English Oxford Dictionary adds a number of words to the dictionary, and lately, it's all been slang. With all the texting, abbreviations, and 140 character limits, the spoken word has become something different altogether. Words shortened, combined together or simply made up!

Well that is exactly how this year's additions to the Oxford Dictionary are going! Some of the words are justifiable but there are many that are just slang, mostly used on the Internet.

Here're just a few words being added!:

1. Fuhgeddaboudit. Like how Tony Soprano would say "forget about it." (They're also adding "jagoff," and "biatch" made the list too.)

2. 'Merica . . . meaning America without the "A" at the beginning.

3. Bracketology. Which you hear a lot during March Madness.

4. Clickbait and "clicktivism" . . . when you support a cause online, but don't actually go out and DO anything.

5. Moobs . . . short for 'man boobs.'

6. Non-apology. When you act like you're apologizing, but don't actually say you're sorry.

7. Swirlie. When you dunk someone's head in a toilet and flush it. Which seems like it could have been added 50 years ago.

8. YOLO. Which stands for "you only live once."

9. Squee. It's Internet slang for when something's cute. They traced it back to an online discussion about Ewoks from 1998.

10. Kegerator. A refrigerator with a tap on the front, and a keg of beer inside.

Some of the words I understand because they have become a part of most people's everyday language. However, there are many slang words I don't think should go into our actual English Dictionary.

Here's the full list of words being added --> Public.oed.com