*More commonly used Internet words,`cyberbullying' and `cybersecurity', have
also appeared for the first time*
London: A slew of new words, including “bloggable”, “scareware” and
“onliner”, have made it to Oxford Dictionaries for the first time, thanks to
the worldwide Web’s increasing influence on the English language.
The new entries include the words “scareware”, which means malicious
computer programmes, “trackpad” (touchpad) and “buttload” (a large amount).
Other new words or phrases in the past nine months include “bloggable”,
defined as a suitable topic for blogging, and an “onliner” (an Internet
user).
More commonly used Internet words, “cyberbullying” and “cybersecurity”, have
also appeared for the first time. The sinister practice of “clickjacking”
(manipulating a user’s activity by concealing hyperlinks) is another
newcomer in the Oxford Dictionaries online, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Oxford Dictionaries also recognised hundreds of other new words and phrases
created by mobile phone texting. These include “sexting” (sending explicit
images or messages), “tbh” (to be honest), “feature phone” (a mobile phone
with extra features) and
“fnarr fnarr” (sniggering in textspeak).
New entries unrelated to the worlds of the Internet or texting include
“tanorexia” (an obsessive desire to get a tan), “jazz hands” (a gesture with
hands waved to express excitement) and “trolleyed” (extremely drunk). The
new entries also include words that seem to have been present in the
language for a while, including “gastric band” (device for the surgical
treatment of obesity), “rumour mill” (the process by which rumours are
originated) and “lightbulb moment” (a moment of sudden realisation).
Dictionaries’ spokesperson Gabby Fletcher said: “The rapid development of
technology creates multiple new products, services, and functionalities,
which all need new terms to describe them. We are also seeing the very fast
circulation of new vocabulary with the expansion of social media.” —PTI
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WITH BEST WISHES,
*Natarajan Ramadurai (N.Ramesh)
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