BREAKING NEWS:“Hangry”, 22 other new words added to Oxford DICTIONARIES. See the hilarious comments made by Nigerians as they disagree over omissions of "jega and orubebe"
Oxford University Press has
released 23 new words in
its
quarterly update of list of
words in Oxford advanced
learners dictionary.
The words, released Thursday
to the web version of the
dictionary, include hangry,
bants, manspreading and more.
Awesomesauce: This is an
adjective, used also informally
in the US to mean extremely
good; excellent.
Bants: This implies playfully
teasing or mocking remarks,
exchanged with another person
or group; also known as;
banter.
Beer o’clock: An appropriate
time of day to drink beer.
Blockchain: This is a noun
which also implies a digital
ledger in which transactions
made in bitcoin are recorded
chronologically and publicly.
Brain fart: Also a noun;
meaning a temporary mental
lapse or failure to reason
correctly.
Brexit: A term for the potential
or hypothetical departure of the
United Kingdom (Britain) from
the European Union.
Bruh: A male friend (often used
as a form of address)
Buttdial: To inadvertently call
(someone) on a mobile phone
in one’s rear trouser pocket.
Butthurt: This is to be overly
or unjustifiably offended or
resentful.
Cakeage: This is a charge made
by a restaurant for serving a
cake they have not supplied
themselves.
Catcafe: A café or similar
establishment where people pay
to interact with cats housed in the
premises.
Fast-casual: Denoting or relating to a type
of high-quality self-service restaurant
offering dishes that are prepared to order,
and are more expensive than those
available in a typical fast-food restaurant.
Fatberg: A very large mass of solid waste
in a sewerage system, consisting especially
of congealed fat and personal hygiene
products that have been flushed down
toilets.
Fat-shame: Cause (someone judged to be fat
or overweight) to feel humiliated by
making mocking or critical comments about
their size
Grexit: a term for the potential withdrawal
of Greece from the eurozone (the economic
region formed by countries in the European
Union that use the euro as their national
currency).
Hangry: Bad-tempered or irritable as a
result of hunger.
MacGyver: Make or repair (an object) in an
improvised or inventive way, making use of
whatever items are at hand.
Manspreading: The practice whereby a
man, especially one travelling on public
transport, adopts a sitting position with his
legs wide apart, in such a way as to
encroach on an adjacent seat or seats.
Mic drop: An instance of deliberately
dropping or tossing aside one’s microphone
at the end of a performance or speech one
considers to have been particularly
impressive.
Mx: A title used before a person’s surname
or full name by those who wish to avoid
specifying their gender or by those who
prefer not to identify themselves as male or
female.
Rage-quit: To angrily abandon an activity
or pursuit that has become frustrating,
especially the playing of a video game.
Kippable: (Of a part or feature of
something) able to be omitted or passed
over so as to get to the next part or feature.
Wine o’clock: An appropriate time of day to
start drinking wine.
jega should be added which should mean to
be calm and discrete in a chaotic or disrupted
environment/situation. then orubebe should
also be added which should mean disruption,
chaotic and aggressive. E.g The students went
orubebe in campus yesterday but the VC
pleaded for jega and promised to look into
their problems and assured the students all
will be done to avoid another orubebe as he
will continue to ensure there is jega at all time ".
released 23 new words in
its
quarterly update of list of
words in Oxford advanced
learners dictionary.
The words, released Thursday
to the web version of the
dictionary, include hangry,
bants, manspreading and more.
Awesomesauce: This is an
adjective, used also informally
in the US to mean extremely
good; excellent.
Bants: This implies playfully
teasing or mocking remarks,
exchanged with another person
or group; also known as;
banter.
Beer o’clock: An appropriate
time of day to drink beer.
Blockchain: This is a noun
which also implies a digital
ledger in which transactions
made in bitcoin are recorded
chronologically and publicly.
Brain fart: Also a noun;
meaning a temporary mental
lapse or failure to reason
correctly.
Brexit: A term for the potential
or hypothetical departure of the
United Kingdom (Britain) from
the European Union.
Bruh: A male friend (often used
as a form of address)
Buttdial: To inadvertently call
(someone) on a mobile phone
in one’s rear trouser pocket.
Butthurt: This is to be overly
or unjustifiably offended or
resentful.
Cakeage: This is a charge made
by a restaurant for serving a
cake they have not supplied
themselves.
Catcafe: A café or similar
establishment where people pay
to interact with cats housed in the
premises.
Fast-casual: Denoting or relating to a type
of high-quality self-service restaurant
offering dishes that are prepared to order,
and are more expensive than those
available in a typical fast-food restaurant.
Fatberg: A very large mass of solid waste
in a sewerage system, consisting especially
of congealed fat and personal hygiene
products that have been flushed down
toilets.
Fat-shame: Cause (someone judged to be fat
or overweight) to feel humiliated by
making mocking or critical comments about
their size
Grexit: a term for the potential withdrawal
of Greece from the eurozone (the economic
region formed by countries in the European
Union that use the euro as their national
currency).
Hangry: Bad-tempered or irritable as a
result of hunger.
MacGyver: Make or repair (an object) in an
improvised or inventive way, making use of
whatever items are at hand.
Manspreading: The practice whereby a
man, especially one travelling on public
transport, adopts a sitting position with his
legs wide apart, in such a way as to
encroach on an adjacent seat or seats.
Mic drop: An instance of deliberately
dropping or tossing aside one’s microphone
at the end of a performance or speech one
considers to have been particularly
impressive.
Mx: A title used before a person’s surname
or full name by those who wish to avoid
specifying their gender or by those who
prefer not to identify themselves as male or
female.
Rage-quit: To angrily abandon an activity
or pursuit that has become frustrating,
especially the playing of a video game.
Kippable: (Of a part or feature of
something) able to be omitted or passed
over so as to get to the next part or feature.
Wine o’clock: An appropriate time of day to
start drinking wine.
Meanwhile so many Nigerian has reacted to
this online with a mixed feelings and hilarious comments. Check out the funny comments.jega should be added which should mean to
be calm and discrete in a chaotic or disrupted
environment/situation. then orubebe should
also be added which should mean disruption,
chaotic and aggressive. E.g The students went
orubebe in campus yesterday but the VC
pleaded for jega and promised to look into
their problems and assured the students all
will be done to avoid another orubebe as he
will continue to ensure there is jega at all time ".
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