'Bromance', 'Buzkill', 'Chillax', 'Tweetup', 'Cheeseball' are all words that are frequently used in our generation nowadays, not only on social networks but on TV shows and series and also when conversating with people.
Should these words be in the dictionary? Does it make a difference whether they are or not?
I think they should be in the dictionary however they may appear to be informal but words are supposed to be meaningful and expressive and relevant in context so they would be useful, for example 'frenemy' explains a situation that no other word could, therefore it could be useful. Since these new words are starting to be apart of our everyday vocabulary and are commonly used and considered 'Standard English' nowadays.
Are there contemporary words you use, that are not reflected here?
Should these words be in the dictionary? Does it make a difference whether they are or not?
I think they should be in the dictionary however they may appear to be informal but words are supposed to be meaningful and expressive and relevant in context so they would be useful, for example 'frenemy' explains a situation that no other word could, therefore it could be useful. Since these new words are starting to be apart of our everyday vocabulary and are commonly used and considered 'Standard English' nowadays.
Are there contemporary words you use, that are not reflected here?
I think abbreviations are frequently used among our society, on Facebook, Twitter, social networks and even within our conversations with our people, such as 'cause' instead of because, and 'gunna' instead of 'going to' so they may be useful in the dictionary.
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