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Bitcoin, BYOD, Phablet, Selfie, and Twerking Find Place In Oxford Dictionary

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-keep-using-that-word-I-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

hypnosec writes "The Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO) has been updated today to include some of the widely used tech words like Bitcoin, BYOD, Phablet, Selfie, and Twerking among others. Some of the other common tech words which have found a place in the dictionary are 'click and connect', 'digital detox', 'FOMO', 'geek chic', 'hackerspace', 'Internet of Things', 'MOOC', 'selfie', and 'TL;DR'."

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  1. Re:Twerking? by jaymzter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me about it, I feel like Abe Simpson:

    "I used to be `with it.' But then they changed what `it' was. Now what I'm `with' isn't `it' and what's `it' seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you."

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  2. End by OptimalCynic · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is the end of Western civilisation as we know it.

  3. Re:Twerking? by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nor did I until a few weeks ago.

    Friend: "So, Lucy starts Twerking and..."
    Me: "Wait, twerking?"
    Friend: "Yeah. You know what twerking is?"
    Me: "Uh... is it like a queef?"

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