This is part of Oxford University Press’ quarterly update when it comes to words being added to the online dictionary, and as you can tell from the above, it happens to be a bunch of contemporary slang terms that are slowly but surely making the transition to institutionalized language. Of course, the likes of wine’o clock, manic pixie dream girl, snackable and Redditor have also made the cut.
Angus Stevenson, head of content development at Oxford Dictionaries, shared, “New words, senses, and phrases are added to OxfordDictionaries.com when we have gathered enough independent evidence from a wide range of sources to be sure that they have widespread currency in the English language. This quarter’s update shows that contemporary culture continues to have an undeniable and fascinating impact on the language.”