Reblogged from Worth Doing Badly:
Among the words that the OED has added this year are Cryonaut, Five-second rule, Gastric Band, Sexting, Tinfoil Hat, and Yuck Factor....
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He was the essence of stressence as his eye ran down the list. Then he gave a long, loud humilolation, an onomatopoeic groan of humiliation and desolation.
None of the words he had submitted had made the new edition of the Dictionary.
I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
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great stuff..I pressed de button!!!
Onomatopoeic you. Dianne
You don’t know the half of it…
A well-written piece! Thanks for posting this.
I hope all your readers enjoy it. Thanks for re-posting it, Tin
My pleasure.
I’m just afraid they’ll like you more than they like me…
Am I allowed click “Like” on this post?
Yes.
Thanks Tilly, great read.
Good job Tilly! Tin is fun!
He is a riot
He should be famous blogwide.