Both the printed and the web pages are interesting for their choices. I am not a purist when it comes to languages. I use many slang terms. I also appreciate that the English languages, both American and British, change quickly mainly due to the internet and the number of people who use English to communicate either in a chat room or while conducting business. What I do not understand is how some of these words and phrases make it into a hard bound copy of a dictionary. Some seem like slang and a fleeting fantasy while others make sense and will stay in use in a quarter of century. I starred the words I think will disappear in a decade or less. What do you think?
CATFISH: 1. any of an order of chiefly freshwater
stout-bodied scaleless bony fishes having long tactile barbels; *2. a person who sets up a false personal
profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes
*CROWDFUNDING: the practice of soliciting financial
contributions from a large number of people especially from the online
community
FRACKING: the injection of fluid into shale beds at high pressure in order to
free up petroleum resources (such as oil or natural gas)
*FREEGAN: an activist who scavenges for free food (as in waste receptacles at
stores and restaurants) as a means of reducing consumption of resources
*GAMIFICATION: the process of
adding games or gamelike elements to something (as a task) so as to encourage
participation
HASHTAG: a word or phrase preceded by the symbol # that classifies or
categorizes the accompanying text (such as a tweet)
PHO: a soup made of beef or chicken broth and rice noodles
POUTINE: chiefly Canada; a dish of French
fries covered with brown gravy and cheese curds
*TURDUCKEN: a boneless chicken stuffed
into a boneless duck stuffed into a boneless turkey
SMH: shaking my head negatively
*AMAZEBALLS: extremely good or
impressive; amazing
*DOX or DOXX: publishing private or
identifying information about a specific individual with malicious intent
ACQUIHIRE: buying a company for the value of its
staff and not for the product or service itself
CLICKBACK: content on the
internet that draws attention to and thus visitors to a specific web page
*VAX: vaccination
*HUMBLEBRAG: ostensibly modest,
self deprecating comment to draw attention one’s self or accomplishments
*HENCH: man who is physically fit
*ADORBS: cute, adorabable
*MANSPLAIN: man, usually,
explaining to a woman, usually, something using a condescending manner
*LISTICLE: article on the internet that uses bullet
point or numbers for emphasis or clarity
