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The latest additions include YOLO, yogalates and fuhgeddaboudit, among others. Read on to find out what these
words mean.
Illustration:Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com

he Oxford Dictionary is revamped every three months

and new additions and entries are included.
The latest additions include 1,200 new words and 1,000
revised entries.
Here is the list of 14 cool words from the latest update.
Cheeseball (n. and adj.): A person regarded as foolish or
lacking taste.
Clicktivism (n.):The use of social media and other online
methods to promote a cause.
Dahlesque (adj.):Resembling or characteristics of the
work of Roald Dahl.
Filmi geet (n.):A type of popular music used in the
soundtracks of the films produced by Bollywood.
Frightsome (adj.):Causing fright, something frightening
or frightful.

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Fuhgeddaboudit (int.): (forget about it) It is used to

indicate a scenario which is unlikely or undesirable.
Human bean (n.):A humorous mispronunciation of a
human being. The word was first mentioned inThe Big
Friendly Giant(1982).

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Merica (n.): It is used to emphasise qualities that are

stereo-typically American.It is a truncated form for America.
Moobs (n.): Man boobs or embarrassing male appendages.
Oompa Loomba(n.): A person appearing orange in colour from fake tanning. These words has been borrowed from the
filmCharlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Squee (n.): A high-pitched squealing sound.
Witching hour (n.):The time in the dead of the nightwhen everybody is in a deep sleep, when it is believed that witches are
in action.This phrase was first used in Shakespearean playHamlet, where it is mentioned as the 'witching time of the night'.
Yogalates (n.): A combination of yoga and Pilates.
YOLO (abbr.):It's an acronym for you only live once.It's roots have been traced back to the Nineteenth Century.
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