'Sexting' is now part of the dictionary


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'Sexting' is now part of the dictionary

article published on 20 August, 2011

The 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary has added 400 new words, including such mainstays as "sexting," "woot," "jeggings" and "retweet." Another notable entry is "cyberbullying" which has been used in the mainstream media for years now. Each new word is selected after its ubiquity is proven via a database of over 2 billion words drawn from contemporary websites and texts. ... [ read the full article ]

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20. August 2011 @ 21:03

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