(CBS) - Writers and editors no longer have to feel guilty for using words like "retweet" and "sexting" in earnest. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary has officially enter these words into English ...
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LONDON — Woot! The online expression of enthusiasm is now in the dictionary. So are textspeak, sexting and cyberbullying. They are among 400 new entries in the 12th edition of the Concise Oxford ...
London Evening Standard: Oxford Dictionary Online adds 'selfie' and 'twerk' to new list of words
Oxford Dictionary Online adds 'selfie' and 'twerk' to new list of words
Back in 2013, as part of a quarterly online update, the Oxford Dictionary added the word "twerk" to its collection. The addition came after Miley Cyrus' widely discussed performance at the MTV Video ...
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