YouTuber, Brexit and other new words added to the Dictionary

YouTuber, Brexit and more than 1,500 new words and phrases have been included in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) this week.

OED editors steered clear of political controversy by defining the process of Brexit rather than its consequences or implementation.

The definition reads: “The (proposed) withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and the political process associated with it. Sometimes used specifically with reference to the referendum held in the UK on 23 June 2016, in which a majority of voters favoured withdrawal from the EU.” Guardian UK reported.

Other slangs popular on social media were included including YouTubers, defined as “frequent user of the video-sharing website YouTube, especially someone who produces and appears in videos on the site”

Anyone who stands up to internet trolls can now legitimately call themselves an upstander – “a person who speaks or acts in support of a cause, especially one who intervenes on behalf a person being attacked or bullied”.

See some of the notable entries:

Get Your Freak On:

Defined as “US slang (chiefly in African-American usage) 1) to engage in sexual activity, especially of an unconventional or uninhibited nature. 2) To dance, esp. in an uninhibited, wild, or exuberant fashion”. The phrase gained prominence in 2001 as the title of a Missy Elliott song.

Bama:

Originally a 1920s abbreviation of the US state of Alabama. It evolved to become slang for a person from the rural American south, but was reclaimed this year by Beyoncé in Formation, a track from her latest album Lemonade. The lyric says: “My daddy Alabama / Momma Louisiana / You mix that negro with that Creole / make a Texas Bama.”

Out-strategise:

“a verb by to outmanoeuvre (an opponent, rival, etc.); to outdo in strategising”.

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