“Selfie” Tops the List of Neologisms

Dictionaries aren’t just places to look up words you don’t know. They’re also record-keepers of new words.

Oxford Dictionaries Online keeps tabs on the way language is being spoken today, adding neologisms (see definition and hear pronunciation below), such as “adorkable” and “humblebrag,” to its online repository of words.

Even though dictionaries once tried to keep new words and slang out of their pages, they now embrace the way culture shapes how we speak.

Each year, Oxford Dictionary chooses a “Word of the Year” that has slipped into common usage and says something about our cultural trends.

The word for 2013 was “selfie.” What do you think should be the “Word of the Year” for 2014?

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Can you think of three neologisms that you use daily?

Neologism: A new word, usage or expression.

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