Along with some other words
here's the article
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13367041,00.html
Other new listed words!
OUR CHANGING LANGUAGE
The new edition of the Collins English Dictionary has listed 1,500 words for the first time reflecting changes in society and culture.
Here are some of them:
Chav - "a young working-class person who dresses in casual sports clothes (perhaps from Romany chavi - a child)".
The dictionary also includes Chavette (the female equivalent), and the adjectives Chavish and Chavtastic.
Other so-called tribes included are Skanger (similar definition, but Irish slang), Yarco (East Anglian) and Ned (Scottish).
The cultural make-up of Britain is reflected in the 26 words of Hinglish - words of joint Hindi and English derivation - including:
Badmash - "naughty or bad"
Freshie - "a new immigrant to the UK from the Asian subcontinent"
Haramzada - "a male born of unmarried parents or an obnoxious or despicable male"
Some words have been coined from sport:
Bouncebackability - "the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport"
Chin music - "bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head"
Galactico - "a famous and highly paid footballer"
Squeaky bum time - "the tense final stages of a league competition, esp from the point of view of the leaders"
Tapping-up - "the illicit practice of attempting to recruit a player while he is still bound by contract to another team
Other notable entries:
Adultescent - "an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture"
Asbo - "a civil order made against a persistently anti-social individual"
Asymmetrical warfare - "warfare between a powerful military force and a weak guerrilla force"
Brand Nazi - "a person who insists on buying one particular brand of clothing or other commodity"
Cyberathlete - "a professional player of computer games"
Dwell time - "he amount of time a customer spends waiting in a queue"
Exhibition killing - "the murder of a hostage by terrorists, filmed for broadcasting on television or the internet"
Mother-out-law - "the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife"
Property porn - "a genre of escapist TV programmes, magazine features, etc. showing desirable properties for sale"
Retrosexual - "a scruffy heterosexual man"
Shroomer - "a person who takes magic mushrooms for their intoxicating effects"
Yaba - "yet another bloody acronym"
here's the article
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13367041,00.html
Other new listed words!
OUR CHANGING LANGUAGE
The new edition of the Collins English Dictionary has listed 1,500 words for the first time reflecting changes in society and culture.
Here are some of them:
Chav - "a young working-class person who dresses in casual sports clothes (perhaps from Romany chavi - a child)".
The dictionary also includes Chavette (the female equivalent), and the adjectives Chavish and Chavtastic.
Other so-called tribes included are Skanger (similar definition, but Irish slang), Yarco (East Anglian) and Ned (Scottish).
The cultural make-up of Britain is reflected in the 26 words of Hinglish - words of joint Hindi and English derivation - including:
Badmash - "naughty or bad"
Freshie - "a new immigrant to the UK from the Asian subcontinent"
Haramzada - "a male born of unmarried parents or an obnoxious or despicable male"
Some words have been coined from sport:
Bouncebackability - "the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport"
Chin music - "bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head"
Galactico - "a famous and highly paid footballer"
Squeaky bum time - "the tense final stages of a league competition, esp from the point of view of the leaders"
Tapping-up - "the illicit practice of attempting to recruit a player while he is still bound by contract to another team
Other notable entries:
Adultescent - "an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture"
Asbo - "a civil order made against a persistently anti-social individual"
Asymmetrical warfare - "warfare between a powerful military force and a weak guerrilla force"
Brand Nazi - "a person who insists on buying one particular brand of clothing or other commodity"
Cyberathlete - "a professional player of computer games"
Dwell time - "he amount of time a customer spends waiting in a queue"
Exhibition killing - "the murder of a hostage by terrorists, filmed for broadcasting on television or the internet"
Mother-out-law - "the mother of one's ex-husband or ex-wife"
Property porn - "a genre of escapist TV programmes, magazine features, etc. showing desirable properties for sale"
Retrosexual - "a scruffy heterosexual man"
Shroomer - "a person who takes magic mushrooms for their intoxicating effects"
Yaba - "yet another bloody acronym"
