Wednesday, August 30, 2006

New words for our (brave) world

Well with the release of a new edition of the Chambers Dictionary, its time to share my thoughts on a selection of the most notable new additions (Shakespeare would have loved them):

  1. ARM CANDY - Someone who is invited as a partner to a social event more to add to the glamour of the occasion than for his or her sparkling conversational skills.
  2. BINGO WING - A flap of loose skin that hangs down from the upper arm (so called because it is often displayed by people raising a hand to claim victory in bingo).
  3. HAPPY SLAPPING - The practice of physically attacking an unsuspecting victim while an accomplice records the incident on a camera equipped mobile phone.
  4. MUFFIN TOP - A word coined by Australian comidiennes Kath and Kim, meaning when a woman wears a pair of tight jeans that makes her flab spill out over the waistband, just like the top of a muffin sits over the edge of the paper case.
  5. MUNTER - An unattractive person, especially a woman.
  6. SALAD DODGER - A person with an unhealthy diet.
  7. TITAPE - Double-sided adhesive tape used to secure the position of the breasts so that a revealing outfit does not reveal everything.

The list leaves me speechless, I admit I have selected some of the more extreme additions, but even so, are we only ever going to add slang to our vocabulary from now till the end of time?

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