http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/28/...rk/?hpt=hp_bn8
Pretty interesting! I saw it and instantly thought of Staci asking on Facebook "What's twerking"?
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http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/08/28/...rk/?hpt=hp_bn8
Pretty interesting! I saw it and instantly thought of Staci asking on Facebook "What's twerking"?
What of the listed words did you not know? I knew "twerking" long before this latest incident, and never thought jean shorts needed a new word to describe them - I think "jorts" sounds too close to "jarts" the lawn darts game ...
The only ones I knew were "grats" -- because of college students in my family; and "BYOD". I didn't know twerking till we talked about it on facebook. My nieces use "adorbs" a lot -- why they can't just say the entire word I don't know. I guess we have to shorten everything to fit it into a 140-character tweet or onto a smartphone screen. :rolleyes: What has happened to the English language? I don't get it.
The good thing is English is flexible - and I am guessing in 5 years, adorbs will be completely passé! But at least we English speakers add and drop words, and do not try to keep everything new out! I was also relieved to read that this is just for the online dictionary, these words have not yet necessarily made it into the OED!Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
English is changing in real time, because of texting, tweeting, etc. History will judge the quality of the change, but my late grandmother certainly would not approve!;):)
Vanna White is still peddling vowels.Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
THAT give me some hope.
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I love adages, but the shortened, vowel-less words make me laugh and cringe.