Every year we see in the news the list of the latest words that have been officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary. 2015 is no different, and in the last few days it’s been announced that the following all-too-familiar slang terms have finally made it into the English language.
sixwide (adj.)
Indicative of something which is not favoured or fashionable. Derived from the fact that Lego vehicles four studs wide are inherently better than those that are six studs wide. sixwider; sixwidest; sixwiddity. Opp: fourwide.
minwah (n.)
A unit of time equal to one earth minute.
totoro (adj.)
Descriptive of a state of completion or finality. When something is completely over and the matter is closed, it is totoro. Originally a contraction of the familiar phrase totally totally Romeo which is self-explanatory.
ramp (v.)
To copulate; to sex; to sire; to tup. Ramping refers to the most intimate act between two creatures and is usually employed to refer to the act being conducted either between animals or in the manner of animals. Generally any successful act is referred to as ramping [sthg] dry, e.g. “I totally ramped the hockey team dry”.
6 comments on “New words added to dictionary”
It’s totoro sixwide that it’s taken this long for these common words and phrases to be granted entrance into the Oxford English Dictionary.
I agree. It’s been too many minwahs.
If I was in charge of the campaign I would have HAD to ramp it up a notch to ensure their rightful place amongst the words of old and new and old and older.
We’ve worked all four words into the comments now, are we done here?
Yeah we’ve squeezed all the mirth out of this post. Let’s move onto better things like your boat journey ride.
OK. See you later.