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March 25, 2011

OMG! These are the new Oxford English Dictionary words

The Oxford English Dictionary has added a slew of new words. Some of them more worthy than others.

•about round, adv.
•ambigram, n.
•banh mi, n.

Banh-mi 

•Barnard's star, n.•bet-hedging, n.•bet-hedging, adj.•biker, n.•biologic, adj. and n.•calligram, n.•car crash, n.•couch surf, v.•couch surfer, n.•couch surfing, n.•cream crackered, adj.
•crème de cassis, n.

Creme_de_Cassis 

•Divehi, n.•dot-bomb, n. and adj.•dotted line, n. and adj.•drill-down, n.•dubplate, n.
•Dutch colonial, adj. and n.•ego-surf, v.•ego-surfing, n.•English colonial, adj. and n.•fabless, adj. •fnarr fnarr, int. and adj.•gnasher, n.•gremolata, n.•headline, v.•headlined, adj.•headlining, adj.•hentai, n.•heteronormative, adj.•heteronormativity, n.•Hindutva, n.•June, n.•kleftiko, n.•la-la land, n.•lari, n.•LOL, n.1•LOL, int. and n.2•lumpenintelligentsia, n.•meep, n. (and int.)
•meep, v.

Beaker 

•muffin top, n.

Muffin 

•non-dom, n.•non-domicile, n.•non-domiciled, adj.•OMG, int., (n.), and adj.•pap, n.5•pap, v.3•party-crasher, n.•party-crashing, n.•party-crashing, adj.•radioprotectant, adj. and n.•rotograph, v.•rotoscope, v.•rotoscoped, adj.•rotoscoping, n.•rototill, v.•rototilled, adj.•rotten egg, n.•Rotterdammer, n.•Rottie, n.•rottle, n.2•rotty, adj.•rouding time, n.•rough-cut, adj.•rough-cut, v.•rough-dress, v.•roughed-in, adj.•rough-in, n.•roughstock, n.•roulade, v.•roulading, n.•roulette, v.•roundman, n.•round-nose, adj. and n.•round-trip, v.•roupily, adv.•Roussanne, n.•roustabouting, n.•routed, adj.2•router, n.6•routery, n.•routineness, n.•rowdily, adv.•rowed, adj.3•rower, n.3•rowlock, n.2•Royal Free disease, n.•royalness, n.•rozzle, v.•RSA, n.2•Rt. Rev., n.•Rt. Revd., n.•Ru, n.•rua, n.•ruach, n.•rub-a-dub, v.1•rubber-banded, adj.•rubberization, n.•rubberize, v.1•Rubisco, n.•rubrene, n.•rubrification, n.2•rubus, n.•ruck, v.7•ruckly, adj.2•rude, n.1•rudimentarily, adv.•ruesome, adj.•ruff, n.10•ruff, int. (and n.11)•rufiyaa, n.•Rugby sevens, n.
•rugelach, n.

Rugelach 

•rugulate, adj.•ruleful, adj.•rumble-de-thumps, n.•Ruminal, adj.1•rumminess, n.1
•rumour control | rumor control, n.•Rumping, adj.•rumspringa, n.•run-and-shoot, adj. and n.•runathon, n.•runchick, n.•Rungu, n.•runiform, adj.•run-round, n.•ruote, n.•Rupert, n.•RUPP, n.•Ruppia, n.•rural economics, n.•Rurales, n.•ruralite, n.•Russellite, n.1 and adj.•Russellite, n.2•Russellite, n.3•Russophilia, n.•Russophobic, adj.•Russophone, n. and adj.•russula, n.•rusticate, adj.•rusticator, n.•rusticle, n.•Rusyn, n. and adj.•Ruthenic, adj.1•ruthenous, adj.•Ruthian, adj.•rutinic, adj.•rutting, n.2•ryanodine, n.•ryotei, n.•ryugi, n.•Second Coming, n.•singledom, n.•Skidi, n. and adj.•smack talk, n.•smack talking, n.•smack-talking, adj.•spinback, n.•state-run, adj.•stonewash, n.

•stonewash, v.•stonewashed, adj.

Stonewash 

•suicide door, n.•taquito, n.•tetri, n.•tinfoil hat, n.•Wag, n.4•wassup, int.•yidaki, n.

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As soon as I find my tinfoil hat, I'm headin' for that suicide door. Uh huh.

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