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‘Yolo’ new entrant to Oxford dictionary

Tech-savvy, side-boobs are among new words added online
London: Yolo, an acronym for ‘you only live once', is among the latest new words added to the Oxford online dictionary.
The phrase, along with ‘adorbs’, meaning cute or adorable, and ‘binge-watch’, which means to avidly watch something, has been added to oxforddictionaries.com, reported the bbc.
Other words or phrases that have been included in the online dictionary are, tech-savvy, clickbait, bank of mum and dad (a person’s parents regarded as a source of financial assistance or support), bro hug (another term for ‘man hug’ and is used to describe two males embracing), cray (crazy), hench (often used to describe a man who is strong, fit, and having well-developed muscles), hot mess (a person or thing that is spectacularly unsuccessful or disordered), mansplain (explain something to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronising), side-eye (a sidelong glance expressing disapproval or contempt), spit-take (an act of suddenly spitting out liquid one is drinking in response to something funny or surprising line), side-boob (side part of a woman’s breast), neckbeard (male facial hair growing on the neck), and humblebrag (an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement). These words will not, for now, appear in the paper-version of the dictionary.
( Source : agencies )
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