Newly Coined English Words

English words are being developed, newly coined, clipped, and mixed into brand new words while we are sleeping. The following words are one of those popular additions in use today, which are collected and organized by the Oxford dictionary team. Let’s check them out.

1. bling (noun): Expensive, ostentatious clothing and jewelry.

e.g., Look at all those blings the Jamaican rapper’s wearing!

2. bromance (noun): A close but non-sexual relationship between two men.

e.g., Ted and Roger have been such close buddies for all those years. Their full-on bromance will never fade.

3. chillax (verb): Calm down and relax.

e.g., Chillax, dude! Losing a part time job is not the end of the world!

4. crunk (adjective): Very excited or full of energy. (This word is a blend of crazy and drunk)

e.g., It’s time to get crunk with some nice hip hop tune!

5. funk or blue funk (adjective) : state of depression

e.g., I’ve been in a blue funk since I lost my best friend.

6. D'oh (exclamation): Exclamation used to comment on a foolish or stupid action, especially one’s own.

e.g., D’oh!  I was looking for my car key that’s in my own hand!

6. droolworthy (adjective): extremely attractive or desirable.

e.g., The drummer's spectacular skills were droolworthy at the concert!

7. Frankenfood (noun): Genetically modified food.

e.g., My Vegetarian friend always helps me make healthy choices of food, showing me how to avoid harmful Frankenfood.

8. hater (noun): a person who greatly dislikes a specified person or thing.

e.g., I always become tired of dealing with haters in meaningless debates on twitters.

9. Illiterati (noun): people who are not well educated or well informed about a particular subject or sphere of activity. Not so secret society of people who seemingly know something about Every subject, but somehow never grasped the basic concepts of the English language. (ó Illuminati)

e.g., An Illiterati takes pride in the fact that they are ignorant and refuse to learn (adjust their paradigm)often to the severe detriment of those around them.

10. infomania (noun): the compulsive state in which you desire to check or accumulate news and information, typically via mobile phone or computer.

e.g., Phil is spending too many hours of a day gathering and checking up with news updates on line. It seems to me that he got infomania.

13. La-la Land (n): A fanciful state or dream world. Also, Los Angeles, Hollywood, or a state of mind that is out of touch with reality, focusing on dreams

e.g., C’mon! Just wake up and get out of your own la-la land!

15. locavore (noun): A person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.

e.g., As a kimchi lover, it is hard for me to live as a locavore here in the outback area of the States!

16. mankini (noun): A brief one-piece bathing garment for men, with a T-back.

e.g., What’s with the big idea of his wearing a mankini!!! That is gross!

17. mini-me (noun): A person closely resembling a smaller or younger version of another.

e.g., I really digged the little boy’s acting in that film! He is mini-me!

18. upcycle (verb): to reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original.

e.g., For his art project, Matthew upcycled 600 used paper cups and plastic water bottles.

19. muggle (n): definition #1 (noun) a person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.

                            Definition #2 (verb): colloquial term for smoking marijuana

e.g.,#1: I felt like a muggle at my new work place when my colleagues were exchanging their ideas on the upcoming project.

#2: The actress was caught on the spot of muggling last night.

20. noob/ newbie (noun): a person who is inexperienced in a particular sphere or activity, especially computing or the use of the Internet.

e.g., Some games and gaming forums are crawling with annoying noobs.

24. Purple State (noun): a US state where the Democratic and Republican parties have similar levels of support among voters. It also refers to a swing state  or battleground state where both Democratic and Republican candidates receive strong support without an overwhelming majority of support for either party.

e.g., Racial diversity is the dominant feature of most purple states.

25. screenager (noun): a person in their teens or twenties who has an aptitude for computers and the Internet.

e.g., Young ones today are required to be a computer expert in most fields of work, which is why they are called screenager.