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YOLO, Fuhgeddaboudit and other weird words added to the new Oxford English Dictionary

YOLO, Fuhgeddaboudit and more than 1,000 new words and phrases have been included in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
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'YOLO', an acronym meaning 'you only live once', has been included in the latest edition and Moobs, used to describe unusually prominent breasts on a man, typically as a result of excess fat was also added.

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'FOMO', meaning 'fear of missing out', and 'deffo', meaning definitely, was also included.

Michael Proffitt, the chief editor of the OED, said the latest update "confirms the OED as one of the largest and longest-running language research projects in the world."

Jonathan Dent, senior assistant editor in the OED’s new words team added that, “It’s a lot of standard research, checks and balances. Anything new that goes into the dictionary is drafted and researched by us. It’s all down to evidence.”

See some of the notable entries:

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Trumpism- The personality-fuelled politics of Donald Trump, often used to denote extreme rightwing, narcissistic, anti-immigrant views and overt patriotism.

Moobs - aka man boobs unusually prominent breasts on a man, typically as a result of excess fat.

biatch and associated spellings — beeotch, beoch, beotch, beyotch, biotch, biyotch, beeoch — that express the same variation of "bitch"

Fuhgeddaboudit - a US colloquialism, meaning "forget about it!"

FOMO- 'fear of missing out'

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Deffo-  definitely

Gender-fluid - A person who doesn't identify with a single fixed gender.

YOLO - An acronym meaning 'you only live once'.

Chefdom - A noun meaning the overall fact, state, or positioning of becoming a chef.

Cheeseball - Someone or something lacking taste, style, or originality; or the breaded and deep fried cheese appetiser.

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Yogalates - used when Pilates exercises are combined with the postures and breathing techniques of yoga.

In total, there are more than 1,000 updated entries and 1,200 new words or meanings, the OED says.

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