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500 new words added to dictionary including 'E-cigarette', 'FOLO', 'Fratty'

First published in 1911, the world famous dictionary has added 500 contemporary words to its pages.

 

You've got to move wit the times, and that is what Oxford English Dictionary has done.

First published in 1911, the world famous dictionary has added 500 contemporary words to its pages.

Some of the words are, Voluntourism, Meh, FOMO, Lipstick, freegan, ecotown, E-cigarette, Fo' shizzle, Fratty, Twitterati, webisode, and others.

Oxford English Dictionary was created by brothers Henry and George Fowler.

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