Newly added words in Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford University Press updates their dictionaries every three months. They have recently added some new words for their English versions.

Yolo (you only live once), moobs (unusually prominent breasts on a man) and Westminster bubble (insular community of politicians, journalists and civil servants out of touch with wider public) are among more than 1,000 new words and phrases that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

Other additions to the quarterly update include gender-fluid, which describes someone who does not identify with a particular gender, and clicktivist, as well as slacktivist – which refer to online activists using social media or online petitions instead of physical involvement.

To mark the centenary of the birth of Roald Dahl, the dictionary has also added Dahlesque (resembling the characteristics or work of Dahl) and popular words used by the author such as "splendiferous" and "scrumdiddlyumptious".

These are the words likely to be added up in 2017 Oxford Dictionary publication:

Brexit fatigue

A collective malaise suffered by millions in the UK after Britain voted to leave the EU. Symptoms include denial, fear, an inability to trust anyone in power or opposition, intolerance, and a propensity to apply for an Irish passport or EU citizenship. Also 'regrexit'.

Avotoast

Avocados artfully applied to toast; the favoured brunch of Instagrammers. Now controversial as the global appetite for the green hipster fruit is indirectly fuelling illegal deforestation in Mexico and crime in New Zealand.

Corbynista

A member of the Labour party who supports leader Jeremy Corbyn. Initially viewed as a person who stands for pure socialist, anti-Blairite values, now deployed only as a term of abuse.

Pokémoning

Going out to play Pokémon Go, or accompanying children doing so. Pitfalls of Pokémoning include bumping into obstacles, the constant need to recharge your phone and the tedium of always, always catching Pidgeys.

Trumpism

The personality-fuelled politics of Donald Trump, often used to denote extreme rightwing, narcissistic, anti-immigrant views and overt patriotism.

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