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One thousand new slang words added to Oxford Dictionary

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2015-08-28 14:03China Daily Editor: Yao Lan

牛津在线词典新增千条俚语 manspreading、Grexit等入选

One thousand new slang words added to Oxford Dictionary - and they're awesomesauce!

If you're hangry and some manspreading rando is riling you up, these snackable definitions should help, mkay?

要是你正饿怒呢,一个奇葩又在地铁上大爷式占座把你惹毛了,这些快餐词说不定能帮上一点忙,你说似吧?

The latest slang phrases added to OxfordDictionaries.com have been revealed – reflecting evolving cultural, political and social norms.

牛津在线词典公开新收入的俚语,文化、政治和社会规范的变迁从中可见一斑.

Hangry (angry due to hunger), manspreading (encroaching on a neighbouring seat) and rando (a stranger acting oddly) are among the 1,000 new words.

1000个新词中,包括hangry(饿怒,指因为饥饿而发火)、manspreading(大爷式占座,即一人占两个座位)和rando(怪咖,指举止怪异的陌生人)等.

Snackable (an easy read) and mkay (OK), joined the online dictionary after gaining widespread use, along with beer o'clock, bants, awesomesauce and bruh.

Snackable(快餐化的,意为简单易懂的)和mkay(对吧、是吧)因为得到广泛使用,和beer o'clock(啤酒时间)、bants(玩笑话)、awesomesauce(棒呆了)、bruh(哥们)等词一起被收入了牛津在线词典.

Editor Fiona McPherson said: "It's not about dumbing down, it's more creative ways people are using language."

牛津在线词典编辑菲奥娜•麦克弗森(Fiona McPherson)表示,"这不是语言通俗化,而是人们更有创意的语言使用方式".

New to the dictionary:

新增俚语有:

awesomesauce, adj:(US informal) extremely good; excellent

棒呆的(形容词,非正式美语):特别棒的,极好的

bants (also bantz), pl. n:(Brit informal) playfully teasing remarks exchanged; banter

  

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