“Hater,” “Tramp Stamp,” and Stephen Colbert’s “Truthiness” Join the New Oxford American Dictionary.

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“As you might imagine, the group reads like a list of Twitter trending topics. In fact, see if you can differentiate between the actual additions and popular Twitter hashtags. (Hint: “hashtag” belongs in the former category.)

• bromance
• hater
• chu doin?
• hockey mom
• D.T.F.
• tramp stamp
• truthiness
• Snooki
• Tumblr
• the new black
• Trig
• what’s not to like?
• share a moment
• blerg
• vuvuzela

Fact: bromance, hater, hockey mom, tramp stamp, truthiness, the new black, what’s not to like?, share a moment, vuvuzela
Fiction: chu doin?, D.T.F., Snooki, Tumblr, Trig, blerg”

via [VF Daily]

So pleased that I can officially add “hater” to my paper writing lexicon.

R.I.P. English.

You know, I’m going to say you go, English! Because back in the day people saw Shakespeare and said ‘oh my gosh, this guy’s making up all these words, he’s crazy, where’s our language heading to’ and now those words are totally normal, beautiful parts of English.

Although I’m glad ‘chu doin’, ‘blerg’, and ‘Snooki’ aren’t in there. Those aren’t real words. ;)