TheOxford English Dictionaryjust denote its previous update , adding 500 new words and over 2400 new senses of subsist watchword to its online database . Here are some of the unspoiled bits from the young expansion .
1.HOT MESSDATES TO 1899
The earliest sense ofhot messwas a warm meal served to a chemical group . These days it ’s U.S. slang for “ something or someone in extreme confusion or disorder . " This sense really took off in the 1990s , but the first cite for this meaning is from an 1899 issue of theMonthly Journal of the International Association of Machinists , and it ’s a beautiful specimen : “ Verily , I say unto you , the public is a hot mess . ”
2.TWERKDATES TO 1848
The specific dance sense oftwerkbegan in the 1990s , but as far back as 1848 it was a verb meaning “ to move ( something ) with a twitching , torture , or jerking motion . ”
3. PEOPLE HAVE DONE THINGSGUERRILLASTYLE SINCE 1888
The newfangled sensory faculty ofguerrillais as a modifier “ designating activity conducted in an irregular , unorthodox , and self-generated way , without regard to naturalized convening , rules and formality . ” Whileguerrilla knitting(oryarnbombing ) is a concept of the early 2000s , andguerrilla nontextual matter , guerrilla gardening , andguerrilla marketingstarted in the seventies , guerrilla advertisinggoes all the way back to 1888 .
4. NEW WORDS FROM PHILIPPINES ENGLISH
In Philippines English ( also spoken in Philippine neighborhoods in the US),gimmickmeans “ a night out with friends . ”Carnapis “ to steal a cable car , ” andpresidentiableis “ a person who is a likely or confirmed candidate for president . ” Useful !
5. NEW WORDS FROM SOUTH ASIAN ENGLISH
In the English speak in India , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka , a motorcade is called acarcade , and “ a film with an ensemble cast sport many star performers ” is amulti - starrer .
6. OTHER NEW WORDS
Other words that just made the dictionary includemeh , freegan , fo ’ shizzle , twitterati , cisgender , intersectionality , SCOTUS , FLOTUS , and the phrasal verbgo onin examples like “ I went on Facebook , ” meaning “ to access or use the Internet , a WWW site , societal media , etc . ”
