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Some interesting additions to the English language

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Kay
Oct 1 2006, 4:37 pm
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A new book suggests people are keen to coin new insults in the English language, such as "tanorexic" and "celebutard".
The new book, "I Smirt, You Stooze, They Krump" contains new key words and phrases to enter into popular usage.
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The words have been taken from entries in the Collins Word Web, which monitors sources to pick up any new additions.

BBC News story right here. biggrin.gif
Sin
Oct 1 2006, 9:47 pm
Celebutard was my favourite. Sums up Miss Hilton in a nutshell.
Showem
Oct 1 2006, 10:01 pm
I get a Word of the Week from an English email newsletter I subscribe to. Some of the random words and expressions from it:

denture venturer
houseblinging
iPad
terabyte
Christmas creep
rate tart

I'll put the definitions if you need it, but most you can figure out. Interesting to see how the language develops. "Smirting" was their word of the week, March 26, 2006.
Kay
Oct 2 2006, 1:07 pm
QUOTE (Sin @ Oct 1 2006, 10:47 pm) *
Celebutard was my favourite. Sums up Miss Hilton in a nutshell.

Exactly - I had to stop myself from putting a cross-link to the "Paris does O'fest" thread. biggrin.gif
gideon
Oct 2 2006, 1:09 pm
QUOTE (Showem @ Oct 1 2006, 11:01 pm) *
Christmas creep

oh like that one, is that to describe the fact that chrimbo starts now just at the end of august. i saw my first chocholate santa in penny on friday. sad.gif
mere
Oct 2 2006, 2:02 pm
a few weeks ago the grocery store formerly known as MiniMal had shopping bags that were for christmas!
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