new words
“A former dot-commer working a McJob was listening to some headbangers while laying out the last of his dead presidents for longnecks and some less than heart-healthy Frankenfood.” Read this article on new words that have been added to the dictionary.
July 4th, 2003 at 9:03 am
‘..you’re much too very very / to ever be in Mr Webster’s dictionary’
Webster’s can’t be as hot as Cole Porter thought it was if they’ve got ‘comb-over’ down as a neologism. It’s a good few decades old surely?
Maybe someone more web-literate than me can post a 60s image of soccer star Bobby Charlton who was the styles proudest exponent? ( On windy days it’d detach itself and he’d accelerate down the pitch with a foot-long skein of hair fluttering like a banner behind him.)
July 7th, 2003 at 7:34 am
…and here’s the UK equivalent. The Oxford English online has just opened its doors to twocker*,loungecore,hantavirus and wonderbra. Among others.
http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm
How long does a new word have to be embedded in the language before it merits a dictionary entry? Or is it down to quantity,the number of citations? Is Webster’s a bit more cautious than the OED?
Anyone know about this stuff?
*A twocker is one who Takes WithOut Consent(your car,for example).