Friday 22 November 2013

New Words of 2013 in the Oxford English Dictionary.

 The following activities that I have often indulged in, have a name!

Selfie: A photograph taken by oneself on one's smartphone.

Showrooming: Visiting  a shop or shops to examine a product before purchasing it online.

Binge-watch: To watch multiple episodes of a Television series without a break.

Besides these a couple of interesting words are ...

Bitcom:A digital currency in which transactions can be performed without the need for a Central Bank. BIT in the computing sense and COIN.

Schmeat: A form of meat produced from biological tissue.
Synthetic meat or better still cultured meat or man-made meat!

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