牛津英语词典收录了10个新词,看看都是啥?
SNOWFLAKE' is one of 1,000 words to be added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. According to the latest edition of the OED, 'snowflake' is “an insult to describe someone who is "overly sensitive or as feeling entitled to special treatment or consideration". The words are just a few of 1,000 new words that have made it into the new edition of the bible of the English language. The OED also gives the approval to ‘madnsplain’ – ladies you’d better ask a man for a patronising explanation of that word – and BFN – standing for ‘big fat negative’. To make it into the revered bible of the English language the OED requires several independent examples of a word being used and evidence that it has been in use “for a reasonable amount of time”. Before the latest edition, researchers consulted the online parenting website Mumsnet in an attempt to find the latest new words coming into widespread use. Other words and initialisms include: TTC (trying to conceive) BFN (big fat negative) or a BFP (big fat positive), while further down the line parents may try CIO (cry it out) as a means of baby sleep training. OED Senior Editor Fi Mooring said: “These words reflect personal experiences but many of them also resonate much more widely, even with people who are not parents. “The distinctive lexicon of parenting maps a whole range of human experience, from immense joy to immeasurable sorrow and, considering its relevance to so much of the population it seemed an underrepresented category of vocabulary in the Dictionary.” 10 of the new words in the OED Mansplain – A man explaining something needlessly, overbearingly, or condescendingly, especially to a woman, in a manner thought to reveal a patronisingor chauvinistic attitude. Me time – when an individual devotes time to doing what they want in order to relax Ransomware – Malicious software that can be used to carry out cyber attacks Hangry - when someone is bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger Snowflake - used as an insult to describe someone who is overly sensitive or as feeling entitled to special treatment or consideration Tomoz – an abbreviated form of tomorrow BFN – big fat negative |