Find out what words like bruh, snackable and weak sauce mean!
Words are ever evolving.
Pop culture and fresh technology give birth to many new words.
So, the next time when you write awesomesauce or butthurt on word document and if it throws up those jiggly red lines raising an eyebrow, ask it to come to senses.
Because, now they are officially real words and are part of the Oxford Dictionaries which welcomes modern English.
Here is our list of some really cool words from the latest update.
Awesomesauce (adj): Extremely good
Beer o' clock (n): The best time of day to drink beer
Brain fart (n): A temporary mental lapse to reason correctly
Bitch face (n): (With reference to a woman) a scowling facial expression
Bruh (n): A male friend
Butt dial (v): Inadvertently dial someone on a mobile phone that is in one's rear trouser pocket
Butthurt (adj): Overly offended
Bants (n): Playfully teasing
Cate cafe (n): A cafe where people pay to interact with cats housed on the premises
Fat-shame (v): Cause (someone judged to be fat or overweight) to feel humiliated by making mocking or critical comments about their size
Fatberg (n): A very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage system, consisting especially of congealed fat and personal hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets
Fur baby (n): A person's dog, cat, or other furry pet animal
Glanceable (adj): Denoting or relating to information, especially as displayed on an electronic screen, that can be read or understood very quickly and easily
Hangry (adj): Bad-tempered or irritable as a result of hunger
Manspreading (n): The practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats
Manic pixie dream girl (n): A type of female character depicted as vivacious and appealingly quirky, whose main purpose within the narrative is to inspire a greater appreciation for life in a male protagonist
Mecha (n): (In anime, manga, etc) a large armoured robot, typically controlled by a person riding inside the robot itself
Mic drop (n): (Informal, chiefly US) an instance of deliberately dropping or tossing aside one's microphone at the end of a performance or speech one considers to have been particularly impressive
Mx (n): A title used before a person's surname or full name by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender or by those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or female
NBD (abbrev): No big deal
Pwnage (n): (Especially in video gaming) the action or fact of utterly defeating an opponent or rival
Rage-quit (v): Angrily abandon an activity or pursuit that has become frustrating, especially the playing of a video game
Rly (abbrev): Really
Skippable (adj): (of a part or feature of something) able to be omitted or passed over so as to get to the next part or feature
Social Justice Warrior or SJW (n): (Derogatory) A person who expresses or promotes socially progressive views
Snackable (adj): (of online content) designed to be read, viewed, or otherwise engaged with briefly and easily
Spear phishing (n): The fraudulent practice of sending e-mails ostensibly from a known or trusted sender in order to induce targeted individuals to reveal confidential information
Swatting (n): The action or practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address
Wine o' clock (n): An appropriate time of day for starting to drink wine
Weak sauce (n): Something that is of a poor or disappointing standard or quality
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