Bitcoin, BYOD, Phablet, Selfie, and Twerking Find Place In Oxford Dictionary

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Bitcoin, BYOD, Phablet, Selfie, and Twerking Find Place In Oxford Dictionary 131

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @10:33PM from the you-keep-using-that-word-I-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

hypnosec writes "The Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO) has been updated today to include some of the widely used tech words like Bitcoin, BYOD, Phablet, Selfie, and Twerking among others. Some of the other common tech words which have found a place in the dictionary are 'click and connect', 'digital detox', 'FOMO', 'geek chic', 'hackerspace', 'Internet of Things', 'MOOC', 'selfie', and 'TL;DR'."

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