The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added moobs, swirlie, clickbait, slacktivism, scrumdiddlyumptious and scores of other new entries to its latest edition.
Moobs means prominent breasts on a man, "typically as a result of excess pectoral fat," the OED said, while a swirlie is the forcible flushing of someone's head in a toilet bowl "typically as a practical joke."
Some of the new entries have been introduced from other languages or from online slang, while scrumdiddlyumptious and Oompa Loompa lead several entries marking the centenary of the birth of children's author Roald Dahl.
The 1971 film adaption of Dahl's book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' featured tiny Oompa Loompas with green hair and orange skin working in the factory run by Willy Wonka.
"Ever since the release of 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', while a person may be likened to an Oompa Loompa in stature or industriousness, such comparisons are now much more likely to allude to the Day-Glo effects of some fake tanning products," said Jonathan Dent, a senior editor for the OED.
Among the latest internet-related words to enter the OED are clickbait, clickjacking, clicktivism, slacktivism and freemium, the mixing of free and paid "premium" business services.
From Chinese comes hongbao, which refers to red envelopes filled with cash gifts at lunar new year and other festivals, but also used to oil the wheels of business.
Mamak, 24-hour street stalls common in South-East Asia, and the region's kopitiam coffee shops are other new entries with non-English origins.
- dpa
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