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Do you know your fatberg from your cakeage?
New words, senses, and phrases are added to oxforddictionaries.com once editors have gathered enough independent evidence to be confident they have widespread currency in English, but they do not gain entry into the Oxford English Dictionary unless continued historical use can be shown.
The addition of multiple slang words did not represent a dumbing down of English, but showed creative use of language.
From bants to manspreading
awesomesauce, adj.: (US informal) extremely good; excellent.
bants (also bantz), pl. n.: (Brit. informal) playfully teasing or mocking. remarks exchanged with another person or group; banter.
beer o’clock, n: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink beer.
brain fart, n.: (informal) a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly.
Brexit, n.: a term for the potential or hypothetical departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
bruh, n: (US informal) a male friend (often used as a form of address).
cakeage,n.: (informal) a charge made by a restaurant for serving a cake they have not supplied themselves.
cat cafe, n.: a cafe or similar establishment where people pay to interact with cats housed on the premises.
cupcakery, n.: a bakery that specialises in cupcakes.
deradicalisation, n.: the action or process of causing a person with extreme views to adopt more moderate positions on political or social issues.
fatberg, n.: a very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage system, consisting especially of congealed fat and personal hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets.
fat-shame, v.: cause (someone judged to be fat or overweight) to feel humiliated by making mocking or critical comments about their size.
fur baby, n.: a person’s dog, cat, or other furry pet animal.
Grexit, n.: a term for the potential withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone (the economic region formed by those countries in the European Union that use the euro as their national currency).
hangry, adj.: (informal) bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger.
manspreading, n.: the practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats.
mkay, excl.: (informal, chiefly US) non-standard spelling of OK, representing an informal pronunciation (typically used at the end of a statement to invite agreement, approval, or confirmation).
Mx, n.: a title used before a person’s surname or full name by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender or by those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or female.
pocket dial, v.: inadvertently call (someone) on a mobile phone in one’s pocket, as a result of pressure being accidentally applied to a button or buttons on the phone.
rage-quit, v.: (informal) angrily abandon an activity or pursuit that has become frustrating, especially the playing of a video game.
rando, n.: (informal) a person one does not know, especially one regarded as odd, suspicious, or engaging in socially inappropriate behaviour.
Redditor, n.: a registered user of the website Reddit.
social justice warrior, n.: (informal, derogatory) a person who expresses or promotes socially progressive views.
snackable, adj.: (of online content) designed to be read, viewed, or otherwise engaged with briefly and easily.
spear phishing, n.: the fraudulent practice of sending emails ostensibly from a known or trusted sender in order to induce targeted individuals to reveal confidential information.
swatting, n.: (US informal) the action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large. number of armed police officers to a particular address.
weak sauce, n.: (US informal) something that is of a poor or disappointing standard or quality.
wine o’clock, n.: an appropriate time of day for starting to drink wine.
There’s always been new slang words. I just think we are more aware of them because of the ways in which we consume and live our lives now. We are bombarded with more and more avenues where those sort of words are used and we just think that there are more of them. I don’t necessarily think that’s the case.
From my point of view, it’s not really about dumbing down, it’s more creative ways that people are using language.
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Aussie slang competition!
Aussie slang words battling it out to see who's best!
RULES:
- Only submit the same word once
- Multiple submissions with different words are fine
- Submissions close on the 21st of November if there is enough submissions and polls will start after(might take a couple of days though)
best constitutes as whatever is the most fun to say, best shortening, nickname etc
any slang word you know that you know originates in australia counts!
inspiration/cool people:
@best-non-english-word-torunament @ultimate-word-tournament @ultimate-sentence-tournament @words-for-cat-bracket @best-female-villain-tournament @bisexual-protagonist-competiton @best-childhood-book @pinkhairswagtourney :) (sorry if me tagging you is annoying)
Lush is a person who drinks alcohol habitually or excessively; a drunkard. ⠀ Example: Tom is the biggest lush I've ever seen - he always has a drink in his hand. ⠀ Example: You'll see her sitting at the bar all day. She's a real lush. ⠀ Origin: The word "lush" was a slang for "liquor" (archaic since around 1920). ⠀ Learn slang in our app - https://onelink.to/ewf6kr
Introducing words i just made up:
sif — someone i follow. Used to refer to a person the speaker follows on social meadia(not following as in stalking that'd be creepy)
syf — someone YOU follow. That but in second person. Used to refer to someone the person speech is directed at follows on social media.
How closeted are you about your fandom hyper-fixation irl?
That door is slammed shut and I'm hiding my fandom inside it
I occasionally let something slip, but it's way under wraps
I play it like I'm a very casual fan
People know I'm a huge fan, but I save my most unhinged fixations for Tumbl.
I'm out loud and proud with my fandom obsession and Idgaf who knows it
Some secret other options that I'll explain via re-blog or comment
For those of us who are older and have to google the slang: irl=in real life. Idgaf = I don't give a fuck. @nerdwithapoll - bridging generations since March 2023. 😁
I had a kind of Rafal-coded thought, so here goes:
I have a proposition for a new slang word.
Firstly, "to slay," aside from meaning "to kill," could mean "to suceed," in a more figurative way.
And, "to choke," aside from its literal meaning and it being a possible route to death, can mean "to fail," usually in a spectacular fashion or when the pressure is on, like a cringefail, pathetic man.
Yet, there's no middle ground! You can either succeed/succeed at killing, or you can fail/choke to death yourself. But what about a murder method that involves choking, that does succeed?
That is why I propose: "to garrote."
Yes, its literal definition alludes to a form of medieval execution that I think Rafal wouldn't be above using, and that definition is to "kill (someone) by strangulation, typically with an iron collar or a length of wire or cord."
However, I think the figurative, slang definition could be "to finally succeed after a succession of messy failures," as in, you succeed, but not right away, not immediately. Or, alternatively, you succeed, but in a less than favorable way, which could also be embarrassing in nature.
Unironically using wherem'st and having people confused because of my stupid ass