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
We’re not so naïve to think that politicians actually like their rivals.
Sure, they might sometimes angle their rhetoric as something like, “we just disagree on policy issues, but my opponent is a good person”, but we understand that they have to say that. Still, we like to think there’s some mutual respect between politicians.
But it looks like that might not be the case — in the 2012 POTUS election, at least.
According to a new e-book, President Barack Obama has probably the strongest contempt for Republican Nominee Mitt Romney than he’s had for ANYONE he’s faced-off against.
If you go around saying “YOLO!” all the time, some people might think you’re “cray.”
But, the people behind Collins Dictionary might actually want to hear about your love of pop-culture words.
Why?
Collins is now crowdsourcing for new words to add to the English dictionary.
No, we’re not joking.
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!
