What was added to the English dictionary most recently?

Whatevs, simples, chillax, sumfin and Jafaican have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. They are among 203 new words which appear in the dictionary for the very first time.

What word just got added to the dictionary?

Words About Identity

• BIPOC (abbreviation) : Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Color.
• Folx : folks —used especially to explicitly signal the inclusion of groups commonly marginalized.
• Sapiosexual : of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to highly intelligent people.

How do you find out when a word was added to the dictionary?

At most entries in the Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, a date will be found following the heading “First Known Use”. This is the date of the earliest recorded use in English, as far as it could be determined, of the oldest sense defined in the entry.

What words have been added to the dictionary in the last 10 years?

Here are 30 surprising words that somehow made it into the dictionary.

• “Bae” is a term of endearment.
• “Bridey” is another way of saying bride-like.
• “Dumpster fire” can have a more metaphorical definition.
• “Jerkface” might be used in a heated argument.
• “Noob” began as video game slang.

What word was added to the dictionary April 2020?

Finna: an informal pronunciation spelling of “fixing to” do something, which shows the impact of speech’s efficiency in the written language. Zedonk and zonkey: both refer to a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey.

What are the new words in the dictionary 2020?

5 new words you shouldn’t miss in 2020

• Climate Emergency. Let’s begin our list with The Oxford Dictionary Word of The Year – climate emergency.
• Permaculture. Permaculture is an old word that’s recently become more popular.
• Freegan. A freegan is also a portmanteau that combines the words free and vegan.
• Hothouse.
• Hellacious.

What was added to the Oxford Dictionary in April 2020?

self-isolate, v.: “intransitive and transitive (reflexive).