FUNNY WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY TV

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FUNNY WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY TV

Now read our rankings of the 20 best films of 2021 – and the best TV shows we binged. Zaddy: slang, an attractive man who is also stylish, charming, and self-confident ()ĭoomscrolling: the practice of obsessively checking online news for updates, especially on social media feeds, with the expectation that the news will be bad, such that the feeling of dread from this negative expectation fuels a compulsion to continue looking for updates in a self-perpetuating cycle ()ĭad joke: a joke that is regarded as weak or corny, especially one involving a laboured pun (HarperCollins)Ĭheugy: slang, no longer regarded as cool or fashionable (HarperCollins) Yeet: slang, an exclamation of excitement, approval, surprise, or all-around energy, often as issued when doing a dance move or throwing something () Otaku: a person having an intense or obsessive interest especially in the fields of anime and manga (Merriam-Webster)įluffernutter: a sandwich made with peanut butter and marshmallow creme between two slices of white sandwich bread (Merriam-Webster)įlex: an act of bragging or showing off (Merriam-Webster)ĭad bod: a physique regarded as typical of an average father, especially one that is slightly overweight and not extremely muscular (Merriam-Webster)Īmirite: slang used in writing for ‘am I right’ to represent or imitate the use of this phrase as a tag question in informal speech (Merriam-Webster)

Hygge: a cosy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable (Merriam-Webster) Ghost kitchen: a commercial cooking facility used for the preparation of food consumed off the premises – called also cloud kitchen, dark kitchen (Merriam-Webster) Whataboutism: the act or practice of responding to an accusation of wrongdoing by claiming that an offence committed by another is similar or worse (Merriam-Webster)Īstroturf: falsely made to appear grassroots, used to describe political efforts, campaigns, or organisations that appear to be funded and run by ordinary people but are in fact backed by powerful groups (Merriam-Webster) TBH: an abbreviation for ‘to be honest’, frequently used in social media and text messaging (Merriam-Webster) Also more generally: playful or wild behaviour (Oxford University Press)īoomeranger: a person who throws a boomerang (Oxford University Press)ĭisaster capitalism: the exploitation of natural or man-made disasters (such as catastrophic weather events, war, epidemics, etc.) in service of capitalist interests (Oxford University Press)įingle: to handle (something) with the fingers to touch all over (Oxford University Press)īirdo: a birdwatcher (Oxford University Press)įaux-hawk: a hairstyle resembling a Mohawk in having a central ridge of upright hair but with the sides gathered or slicked upward or back instead of shaved (Merriam-Webster) Also more fully bammy bread, bammy cake (Oxford University Press)īants: playfully teasing or mocking remarks exchanged with another person or group, esp. Wabi-sabi: adjective relating to or designating a Japanese aesthetic or world view characterised by finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence, or simplicity designating a style, appearance, etc, reflecting this aesthetic (Oxford University Press)ĭine-and-dasher: a person who hastily or furtively leaves a restaurant, café, etc, to avoid paying for his or her meal (Oxford University Press)īammy: in Jamaican cookery, a round flatbread made from cassava flour. Haggis-headed: stupid foolish (Oxford University Press) We’ve picked out the most surprising new words of the year (as well as some more familiar faces), so you can brush up your vocab and head into 2022 sounding eloquent AF. When was the last time you ate a fluffernutter? Or felt haggis-headed? Or considered becoming a boomeranger?

But there’s also been some, erm, interesting-sounding stuff. There’s been some obvious additions – all of the pandemic lingo, as well as all things crypto and NFT-related. Thank goodness: we can now say ‘yeet’ and still be technically correct. At least one thousand new entries were added to English dictionaries in 2021, with the Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Collins and transforming our sweet, sweet slang to actual English. It’s also been a pretty good year for language. It’s been a year of football chants, jabs and James Bond.

Funny words in the dictionary