Oxford Dictionary Adds New Words

It might be time to toss your old dictionary.

Friday, August 28th 2015, 6:42 pm

By: News 9


It might be time to toss your old dictionary. It may be NBD (no big deal), but others are calling Oxford Dictionary's newest words awesomesauce. Oxford Dictionaries announced its latest additions this week, highlighting the things we were talking about this year.

Many of us already use some of these words already in our daily conversations. Oxford dictionaries decided to pick up on the popularity and add them to their book.

8/28/15 Related Story: 9 Of The Newest Words Added To The Oxford Dictionary

But does everyone actually know what these words mean?

Each year Oxford Dictionaries editors add more than a dozen new words to keep up with the times.

And residents living at Lionwood Senior Living appreciate the updates. News 9 dropped by for a little vocabulary pop quiz.

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