Here is the list of hilarious words that are added to the dictionary
HILARIOUS WORDS – These words, funny and unexpected, are actually included in the dictionary for whatever reason.
Every year, new words or terms are added to the official list of words in the dictionary. However, there are simply words that make people wonder why they are now part of the list. Here are some of them:
Nothingburger
Meaning: minor celebrities deemed unworthy of public attention
Note: Oxford English Dictionary recognized this term in 2018. Gossip columnist named Louella Parsons in the 1950s first popularized this term.
Badassery
Meaning: the state or condition of being a badass
Note: Merriam-Webster immortalized the term in 2009.
Tallboy
Meaning: a tall cylindrical can for beverages (such as beer) usually measuring 16 fluid ounces (0.47 l)
Note: Merriam-Webster has included this term
Meh
Meaning: the verbal equivalent of shrugging
Note: This came from social media. “A lot of the words they’re adding come from informal settings, like through social media. It then travels to other types of media, gains popularity, and becomes common enough to be added to the dictionary,” Elin Asklöv, a language expert at Babbel explained.
Bromance
Meaning: a close nonsexual friendship between men, came from “bro” and “romance”
Note: Merriam-Webster added this term.
Twerking
Meaning: sexually suggestive dancing characterized by rapid, repeated hip thrusts and shaking of the buttocks especially while squatting
Note: Merriam-Webster added this word in 2015.
Scrumdiddlyumptious
Meaning: Extremely scrumptious, excellent, splendid; (esp. of food) delicious
Note: Oxford English Dictionary immortalized this term in 2016 but novelist Roald Dahl first used this and popularized in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Totes
Meaning: short for “totally
Note: Oxford English Dictionary added this in 2015. “Dictionaries are supposed to reflect language usage in the English world, but 20 years from now, I could see totes [disappearing] because it’s such a slangy word,” Asklöv explained.
Coot
Meaning: it can be an aquatic bird or an eccentric old man
Note: Oxford English Dictionary added this in 2014 but this term has been in existence since the 15th century.
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