Every year Oxford English Dictionary expands its knowledge base by adding new and interesting words. While Flash Mob, Mouseover, Young Adult etc. were some of the exciting new words added in the year 2013, there are some more such words added to the dictionary in the year 2014 and 2015. Let’s take a look at these interesting new words.
Duck Face
Though the word is not new to the current generation, it is new for traditional English speaking people. Smartphones made it possible for people to access the internet while on the go and take as many selfies as they are willing to with the help of front cameras. Young girls and boys took it to new level with their duck face photos.
Oxford defines the word as “An exaggerated pouting expression in which the lips are thrust outwards, typically made by a person posing for a photograph.”
Some examples to use the word are:
- That’s another of her duck faced profile pics.
- Purse your lips into duck face for a photograph.
Hawt
Hawt is a very common word among youngsters these days. This is one word that is considered to be ‘cool’ by the tech-savvy generation of today.
There’s no formal definition for the word, but this is what Oxford has to say about Hawt “Informal spelling of hot.”
Let’s see how you can use the word to frame sentences:
- She’s looking really hawt in that dress.
- It’s getting extremely hawt these days.
Fone
Just like hawt, fone is also another way of writing ‘phone’. It was needless to write ‘ph’ to describe a fone and Oxford obliged by including the word in the dictionary.
No formal definition has been provided by Oxford apart from –“ Fone is a different spelling for phone.”
Some ways of including the word in daily use are:
- Put your fone on silent mode.
- I’m just a fone call away.
So these are some really interesting words added by Oxford. What do you have to say about them? Let us know about your views in the comments’ section.
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