There are 400 words being added. Some of these words include "retweet", "noob", "cyberbullying" and "jeggings".
Oh yes. JEGGINGS.
For those of you gentlemen who are wondering what "jeggings" are and aren't just looking at the picture of the woman's ass, "jeggings" are jean-leggings. They came about in the late-2000's because there was a higher demand for an even tighter style of pant.
For all the females out there thinking "Seriously? What is the Oxford English Dictionary thinking?", well, ladies, we're all right there with you.
Except that's not even the most shocking word that made it in.
Oh no. They couldn't just stop at jean-leggings. They had to throw something really offensive in there.
Mankini.
If this picture doesn't help to jog your memory, perhaps you'll remember the movie Borat and Sacha Baron Cohen's lime, neon green banana hammock/thong combo.
Yep, that's it. (When you're finished gagging, I'll continue.)
Apparently, Telegraph UK is reporting that the OED is sticking behind their decision to add these words too, saying, "The new words were selected after being entered into a database of 2 billion words drawn from contemporary websites and texts to prove their ubiquity." Angus Stevenson, dictionary editor, continued, "We get as much evidence as we can so we know it's not just a small number of people using the word and it's not going to disappear."
Oh how we wish it would disappear.
But it looks like "jeggings" and "mankini" are here to stay.
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