Oxford Dictionary Adds ‘Mamil’, ‘Duck Face’ In New List

Oxford Dictionary Adds ‘Mamil’, ‘Duck Face’ In New List

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 06:07 AM IST
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London : Oxford Dictionaries has added new words to their list like ‘Mamil’, ‘shiny bum’ and ‘algorithmic trading’ among others new words, reports ANI.

Angus Stevenson, head of content development at Oxford Dictionaries asserted that one of the special projects was more coverage of Australian words and they will put in a lot of Australian vocabulary over the next year, the Guardian reported.

The new list also included abbreviations such as WTAF (what the actual fuck), lolcat (a picture of a cat with a humorous caption), IDC (I don’t care) and PMSL (pissing myself laughing). Words from gaming terminology were also added and included words such as respawn (a character in a video game who reappears after dying) and permadeath (one who does not reappear).

Judy Pearsall, editorial director for Oxford Dictionaries, asserted that one of the benefits of their unique language monitoring programme was that it enabled them to track in detail how English language evolved over relatively short periods of time.

Words such as shiny bum, (Austral./NZ derogatory) means a bureaucrat or office worker, whereas ‘Mamil’ mean a middle-aged man in Lycra. A middle-aged man who is a very keen road cyclist, typically one who rides an expensive bike and wears the type of clothing associated with professional cyclists.

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