New Words

Hold on to your spellcheck, kids, because Oxford Dictionary is adding 1,000 new words to their English dictionary. Curious about what they're adding? That's what I'm here for. Here's a sampling . . .

CAKEAGE
A charge made by a restaurant for serving a cake that they have not supplied themselves.

CARNAP
To steal a car.

CHEFFY
Relating to, or characteristic of, a chef.

CIDERY
A place where cider is made.

CROWDFUND
To fund (a project or venture) by raising money from a large number of people, each of whom contributes a relatively small amount, typically via the Internet.

CUPCAKERY
A bakery that specializes in cupcakes.

JEGGINGS
A proprietary name for tight-fitting stretch leggings for women, styled to resemble a pair of denim jeans.

MELTY
Melting or partially melted.

TOTES
Extremely, definitely, absolutely.

TWERK
A type of dancing which emphasizes the performer's posterior.

New words are tracked as they come into usage. When there is evidence that a new term is being used in a variety of different sources, then it becomes a candidate for inclusion in the dictionary. Recent terms are assessed and then judged as to which are the most significant or important and those that are thought to stand the test of time. In other words, no flash-in-the-pans. Hmm. I wonder it that's in there?