What’s your favorite trending term?
Guidette? Amazeballs? Fetch?
Now, you have the chance to make them an official part of the English language by submitting them to Collins Dictionary, which just released its first list of new user-suggested words.
Some of our favorites include:
- blootered (ˈbluːtəd) adj Scot, slang; intoxicated; drunk
- bashtag (ˈbæʃˌtæɡ) n informal; hashtaɡ that is used for critical and abusive comments
- floordrobe (ˈflɔːˌdrəʊb) n informal; a pile of clothes left on the floor of a room
- helicopter parent n a parent who is excessively involved in the life of his or her child
- lollage (ˈlɒlɪdʒ) n slang; (1) the practice of using the text messaging abbreviation LOL (2) laughter
- photobomb (ˈfəʊtəʊˌbɒm) vb informal; to intrude into the background of a photograph without the subject’s knowledge
The recently minted author of 2011’s “A Shore Thing” has already blessed us with her second masterpiece, “Gorilla Beach,” another foray into the juicehead-heavy Seaside life we already see every Thursday. This time, though, Snooki’s protagonists get the furry boot from Seaside Heights, spending the summer hitting the tables in Atlantic City instead.
J.K. Rowling might be getting ready to enter the adult world, but she hasn’t quite closed the chapter on Harry Potter yet.
The British author announced that she’ll be penning an encyclopedia to accompany the “Harry Potter” books — and all proceeds will go to charity.
President Barack Obama acts out parts from ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ with First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Sasha during the White House Easter Egg Roll, April 9, 2012. #/#
The Obamas are just too darn cute!
