New official words
Oxford Dictionary just added these words among others, to their official list of English words. Scrabble fans, take notice.
chugger • noun informal a person who approaches passers-by in the street asking for donations or subscriptions to a particular charity.
— origin blend of charity and mugger.
=> I thought this refers to people who drink copious amount of beer continuously
chupacabra • noun an animal said to exist in parts of Central America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
— origin Spanish, literally ‘goatsucker’, from chupar ‘to suck’ + cabra ‘goat’.
=> la chupacabra, la chupacabra,
cockapoo • noun a dog that is a cross-breed of an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
=> Remember my kickapoo entry?
dramedy • noun (pl. dramedies) a television programme or film in which the comic elements derive mainly from character and plot development.
— origin early 20th cent.: blend of drama and comedy.
=> West Wing, Sports Night, Gilmore Girls, Buffy, Angel, and Firefly are excellent examples of dramedies.
fanboy • noun informal a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction.
=> They should've put in fangirl as well.
greige • noun [mass noun] a colour between beige and grey.
— origin blend of grey and beige, perhaps influenced by French grège ‘raw (silk)’.
=> Never heard of the word but excellent addition.
labradoodle • noun a dog of a breed developed as a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle.
— origin 1980s: blend of Labrador2 and poodle.
=> I remember this word, there was a news item on TV about this breed of dogs becoming popular.
podcast • noun a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player.
— derivatives
podcasting noun.
— origin early 21st century: from iPod, a proprietary name for a personal audio player.
=> Freaky. Was just talking about podcasting making it into the dictionary on Monday
supersize • adjective larger than average or standard sizes; extremely large.
• verb [with obj.] [often as adj.] (supersized) greatly increase the size of: supersized suitcases on wheels.
=> You can thank McDonalds for this.
The words in red were redlined by Tiger's own Oxford Dictionary-based spellcheck while typing this. Podcast and chugger strangely weren't redlined yet have no definition, maybe I told the dictionary to accept them as new words some time ago or maybe Apple snuck them in. ^_^
chugger • noun informal a person who approaches passers-by in the street asking for donations or subscriptions to a particular charity.
— origin blend of charity and mugger.
=> I thought this refers to people who drink copious amount of beer continuously
chupacabra • noun an animal said to exist in parts of Central America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
— origin Spanish, literally ‘goatsucker’, from chupar ‘to suck’ + cabra ‘goat’.
=> la chupacabra, la chupacabra,
cockapoo • noun a dog that is a cross-breed of an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
=> Remember my kickapoo entry?
dramedy • noun (pl. dramedies) a television programme or film in which the comic elements derive mainly from character and plot development.
— origin early 20th cent.: blend of drama and comedy.
=> West Wing, Sports Night, Gilmore Girls, Buffy, Angel, and Firefly are excellent examples of dramedies.
fanboy • noun informal a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction.
=> They should've put in fangirl as well.
greige • noun [mass noun] a colour between beige and grey.
— origin blend of grey and beige, perhaps influenced by French grège ‘raw (silk)’.
=> Never heard of the word but excellent addition.
labradoodle • noun a dog of a breed developed as a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle.
— origin 1980s: blend of Labrador2 and poodle.
=> I remember this word, there was a news item on TV about this breed of dogs becoming popular.
podcast • noun a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player.
— derivatives
podcasting noun.
— origin early 21st century: from iPod, a proprietary name for a personal audio player.
=> Freaky. Was just talking about podcasting making it into the dictionary on Monday
supersize • adjective larger than average or standard sizes; extremely large.
• verb [with obj.] [often as adj.] (supersized) greatly increase the size of: supersized suitcases on wheels.
=> You can thank McDonalds for this.
The words in red were redlined by Tiger's own Oxford Dictionary-based spellcheck while typing this. Podcast and chugger strangely weren't redlined yet have no definition, maybe I told the dictionary to accept them as new words some time ago or maybe Apple snuck them in. ^_^
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On Thursday, August 11, 2005 5:02:00 AM,Oh, I thought you knew about names of those hybrid dogs. Aldy and I talked about it before he left.
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On Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:50:00 AM,
some of those words are overdue anyway, "chupacabra" should have been on a while ago, podcast made it quick and dramedy is just silly.
I can think of a few words they should put in the dictionary.
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