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May 19, 2014

Should ‘Adorkable’ ‘Duckface’ or ‘Nomakeupselfie’ be added to the dictionary?

by John_A

How does the fusty council of elders that compose Collins’ English Dictionary spend their time? Just like the rest of us, they’re messing around on Twitter. In preparation for the twelfth edition of the tome, its creators have asked the site’s users to vote for one of nine words to become an official part of the English language, just like sext and selfie. The options run from Gaybourhood (a Gay-friendly neighborhood), through Felfie (farmer-selfie), Duckface (don’t make us explain this one) to Euromaidan (a pro-European protestor from Ukraine). You’ll be able to vote between now and May 28th, after which we’re going to commence a campaign to get the word Chumbumble, which we just invented, into the thirteenth edition.

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Source: Collins’ Twictionary

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