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Gen

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"OT Dag nabit" , posted Mon 30 Sep 15:24:

The English language is going to shit. http://channels.netscape.com/ns/atplay/content.jsp?file=dictionary.jsp

anoraky: Socially inept and studious or obsessive person with unfashionable and largely solitary interests

I've never heard this, it must be British..?

bad ass: A tough, aggressive, or uncooperative person; a trouble-maker

Maybe this phrase could be listed sense it's been around for so long, and it consists of two previous words, know what I mean?

bling-bling: the wearing of expensive designer clothing and flashy jewelry

Trendy rapper phrase don't belong in the dictionary.

booty: buttocks

ug.

bootylicious: Thanks to Destiny's Child, this is a description of exceptional booty. The song lyrics that changed the dictionary: "Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe"

The idea that no talent un melodic pop group Destiny's Child gets to make up words that are listed in dictionaries is sickening.

bunny-boiler: a vindictive woman (see Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction") bunny-hugger: conservationist or animal lover

haven't heard this one either.

chick-flick: movies that appeal to women

Again, chick meaning girl, and flick slang for movie, two previous words used in a phrase... I think this phrase hasn't been around long enough to deserve listing.

I hope everyone of these listings says "slang" next to them.

chick-lit: books that appeal to women

Haven't heard this one. Makes sense shortening literature to lit. Does the dictionary really need every trendy recent phrase in it? no.

dollarization: adoption of the U.S. dollar as a foreign country's official national currency

This one maybe, if its a word used by PHD economists, journalists, and so forth for a long enough time.

gearhead: car enthusiast

I guess. Sounds like it could be someone who works with or is into machinery, not necessarily cars.

Jedis: warriors (see "Star Wars")

Klingons: bad guys (see "Star Wars" again)

Oh my God.

noogie: the prank of rubbing your knuckles on somebody's head

Only because this word's been around so long.

treehugger: an environmentalist

damn, they should just have a seperate "Trendy Slang Dictionary" and not polute the other. Anyway, when I've read and heard this phrase before, it was always 2 words not one.

roadrage: a motorist's uncontrolled anger that is usually generated by an irritating act of another motorist and is expressed by aggressive or violent behavior

2 words again

spinmeister: An expert at presenting information or events to the media in a favorable light.

Meister shouldn't become an Enlgish suffix. (Suffix is the right word right?) We already have spin doctor, how many versions do we need?

The reason most of these words are in these dictionaries are because they think they can sell more dictionaries by throwing in any old trendy slang.

FUCK ALL THESE GREEDY COMPANIES THAT DEGRADE OUR CULTURE IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR THEMSELVES

Ok, end of little rant. Look forward to your disagreements and agreements.

[this message was edited by Gen on Mon 30 Sep 15:30]

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Freeter

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"Re(1):OT Dag nabit" , posted Mon 30 Sep 15:37

Slang doesn't belong in any dictionary, period. The ones who say/care about those terms already know what they mean.

KNOW YOUR ROLE

Gen

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"Re(2):OT Dag nabit" , posted Mon 30 Sep 16:05

quote:
Slang doesn't belong in any dictionary, period. The ones who say/care about those terms already know what they mean.

Yay.

RugalBernstein

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"Re(1):OT Dag nabit" , posted Mon 30 Sep 16:08

quote:

bootylicious: Thanks to Destiny's Child, this is a description of exceptional booty. The song lyrics that changed the dictionary: "Cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe"

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exodus
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"Re(2):OT Dag nabit" , posted Mon 30 Sep 16:14

gah........I'm continually disappointed by my native language.

people can't even use english grammar properly, so it seems that degredation is inevitable. I can't spell, but at least my sentence structure is solid.

Ishmael
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"Re(1):OT Dag nabit" , posted Mon 30 Sep 16:25

The English language is a living, constantly evolving language so I would expect an academic standard like the OED to keep up with the changing vocabulary of the world even if it is currently considered trendy slang. It's quite possible that in 5-10 years these terms will be antiquated which is why it's important that they be defined and archived in a standardized way before they slip from common usage. When people are studying early 21st century culture in say 50 to 100 years from now they are going to want to know what terms like "bling bling" and the like meant. Besides, the unrevised edition of the OED of 1989 weighs in at 22 monsterous volumes and has 1,000 new and revised additions made to it quarterly so if you don't like these dozen or so terms there should be plenty of other words in the dictionary more to your liking.