You\u2019re flaunting your power again. The newish words you\u2019ve been using are showing up in the Oxford English Dictionary.<\/p>\n
These are words that have become part of our vocabulary\u2014words we now take for granted. So to hear they are now a part of a dictionary seems odd. Weren\u2019t they there all along?<\/p>\n
Evidently, they added 1,200 new words to the old Oxford. Among them are tweet (as a verb and a noun), follower, geekery, crowdsourcing, and one I haven\u2019t heard\u2014dad dancing. Ever hear that one? It actually brings up quite an image for me.<\/p>\n
According to one source, it usually takes a word an entire decade in use before it is included in the dictionary. Tweet, however, has only been in use with regard to Twitter for seven years.<\/p>\n
See Cute Kitty Picture<\/strong> Check out the promotion my kitty, Lily and I have been doing for my new novel, Catnapped, a Klepto Cat Mystery<\/em>. http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019re flaunting your power again. The newish words you\u2019ve been using are showing up in the Oxford English Dictionary. These are words that have become part of our vocabulary\u2014words we now take for granted. So to hear they are now a part of a dictionary seems odd. Weren\u2019t they there all along? Evidently, they added […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nI\u2019m late getting my blog posted, partly because I\u2019ve had business related to Catnapped and partly because I\u2019ve been inundated with birthday wishes. Yes, today is my special day this year.<\/p>\n