The word Photobomb has been named Word of the Year by the Collins English Dictionary.
Photobomb is the action of intruding on a photograph, often in the background.
Ther latest edition of the Collins English Dictionary include 50,000 new words.
The new print edition also includes the words selfie, onesie and adorkable.
Other new words in this edition include:
- al desko – (a meal, esp lunch) at one’s desk at one’s place of work
- Bitcoin – a system of open source peer-to-peer software for the creation and exchange of (payment in) a certain type of cryptocurrency
- meme – an idea or element of social behaviour passed on through generations in a culture, esp by imitation
The new edition contains 722,000 words in total and is the largest single volume dictionary in print.
The dictionary was created in Scotland almost 200 years ago and is still compiled in Glasgow.
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pretty good words to add
That is crazy my dad will love thie article he is all ways going on about the dictionary and old words
The second you look on the picture it makes sense
WOW!! LOL!
These r the words i will crown when I’m in charge of the dictonary; Chocolate, Candy, Movie, T.V., Birthday, Christmas, Valentine, and LOVE!!! 🙂
Why would the Qween photo bomb it is rude???
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