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New words enter English from every area of life where they represent and
describe the changes and developments that take place from day to day.
Here are some words and expressions that have been coined in recent years.
Some can be found in official dictionaries; others may never make their way there,
but new words will continue to appear as the English language adapts to
innovations and trends.
Word
Meaning
Affluenza
Agritourism
Alcopop
Amazeballs
Anklington
Anonymouse
Anonymice
App
Applepick
Audiophile
Avatar
Baggravation
Bashtag
Bitcoin
Black Swan
Bloatware/fatware
Blook
Brain waste
Breadcrumbing
Bromance
Bureaucratese
Buzzkill
Buzzword
Buzzworthy
Cage sandals
Captcha
Carjacking
Charticle
Chatroom
Chick lit
Chillaxing
Citizen journalism
Click bait
Clickjack
Clickjacking
Cloud computing
Coatigan
Content farm
Word
Meaning
Copyleft
Cosmeceutical
on the skin
e.g. anti-ageing creams containing a product
that changes the
cell biology.
Cot potato
Couch
commerce
Couch potato
Cronut
Crowdfunding
Cyberbully
Cyber cafe
Cyberchondriac
Cyberloaf
Cyberslacking
Daycation
Decruitment
Demitarian
Docusoap
Dramedy
Droolworthy
Drug driving
Dwell time
Earworm
E-cruitment
Elancer
Emoji
Emoticon
E-piracy
E-quaintance
E-stalk
EV
E-waste
Face Time
Fashionista
Favicon
Financial literacy
Knowledge and understanding of financial
language and issues related to finance.
Flame war
Flash mob
Flexitarian
Freemale
Flightmare
Flog
Foodoir
Frape
Frenemy
Frostjack
Frostjacking
Funemployed
Funemployment
Funkinetics
Word
Gastropub
Gastrosexuals
Gastrosexuals
Geek
Glamping
Glass cliff
Gran-lit
Greycation
Guesstimate
Hacktivist
Hashtag
Hater
Haycation
HENRY
Hoody or hoodie
Hotspot
stations, etc.
ICE number
In Case of Emergency
The telephone number of a friend or relative
who should be contacted in an emergency
situation. The ICE number is stored in your
mobile phone and identified in your address
book by the prefixICE.
ex: ICE1 or ICE Mum.
Impactful
Infomania
Infotainment
It bag
It girl
Jigsaw family
Jumbrella
Landline
Legsie
Locavore
Mailbomb
Me time
Meh
Meritocracy
Mocktail
Nail tat
Nano break
Netbook
Netiquette
Netizen
Netpicker
Newbie
Word
Meaning
Nonliner
Noogler
Notspot
Noughties
Offshorable
OH
Omnishambles
Onesie
Optics
Outernet
Overparenting
Oversharing
Overworking
class
Password
fatigue
Password wallet
Paywall
Photobomb
Pixie cut
Podcast
Quintastic
Recessionista
Ringtone
Road rage
Robocall
Sandwich
generation
elderly parents.
Screenager
Selfie
Shabby-chic
Sitcom
Site scraper
Slumdog
Smirt
Snail mail
Word
Meaning
Speed dating
The language used by spin doctors, spokespersons, campaign managers, etc. when trying to
present information in a favourable light.
Staycation
Street food
Textonym
Textspeak
Textual
harassment
Tombstoning
Trashion
Trekkie
Tribal
marketing
Tweet
Tweetheart
Tweet seats
Twintern
Twitterati
Twittion
Trolling
Unfollow
Unfriend
Upskill
UX
Videophile
Viral marketing
Web rage
Webinar
Weblish
Widget
Wiki
Winterval
Wordle
Zumba