Dictionaries have words removed and new ones added. In fact, there are some groups who are dedicated in preserving the life of words.
Remember when “funner” wasn’t a word? Remember when “Internet” couldn’t be found in the dictionary?
As technology increases, our language is forced to keep up. Take Carlos Whittaker‘s recent tweet for example:
Word.
He’s totally, right. In fact, maybe even less than 15 years ago!
Here are the latest dictionary adds:
- bloggable
- feature phone
- trackpad
- sexting
- tbh (to be honest)
- tweetup
- paywall
- microblogging
FTW!
(I wonder when they’ll add FTW?)
[via TNW]
Graham says
That is awesome. I am so excited about where technology is taking us. It’s always interesting to me what words get added to the dictionary as well. Can’t wait to see what words we come up with in the next decade!
Eric Dye says
Seriously. 🙂