Twictionary
I read an article in The Bookseller about how Collins have decided to add "words" to their dictionary. I say "words" because they're finding them on Twitter. It feels like a bit of a gimmick to me, although I'm not sure what they are looking to achieve from it. I'm fairly dependent on social media and out of the nine words I've only heard of two [three-ish]. Who is using them so much that they have come up as possible new dictionary words?! So here are the words and their definitions as picked by Collins... Adorkable - dorky in an adorable way. Fatberg - a large mass of solid waste, grease etc, clogging a sewage system. Gaybourhood - gay friendly neighbourhood. Duckface - the traditional pouting facial expression in selfies. Felfie - a farmer selfie. Nomakeupselfie - a selfie of a woman without make-up, posted online to raise awareness for a charity. Vaguebooking - posting deliberately vague status updates on social media to prompt a respon...