A selection of new words added to Oxford
Dictionaries Online
• FOMO, n.: fear of missing out: anxiety that an exciting or interesting event
may currently be happening elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social
media website.
• food
baby, n.: a protruding stomach caused by
eating a large quantity of food and supposedly resembling that of a woman in
the early stages of pregnancy.
• geek
chic, n.: the dress, appearance, and culture
associated with computing and technology enthusiasts, regarded as stylish or
fashionable.
• girl
crush, n. (informal): an intense and
typically non-sexual liking or admiration felt by one woman or girl for
another.
• hackerspace, n.: a place in which people with an interest in computing or
technology can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, and
knowledge.
• Internet of things, n.: a proposed development of the Internet in which everyday objects
have network connectivity, allowing them to send and receive data.
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