Gems added to the Dictionary

On top of Yolo here are a bunch of amazing words added to the OED!!!

‘Merica (n): America (used especially to emphasize qualities regarded as stereotypically American, such as materialism or fervent patriotism).

“‘Merica, the greatest country on the planet.”

cheeseball, as in the food item and a foolish or unoriginal person

moobs, aka man boobs

T-bone, the verb for a particular kind of car crash

Bracketology (n): The activity of predicting the participants in and outcomes of the games in a sports tournament, especially the NCAA college basketball tournament.

“Gee, I really thought if I used bracketology, I was going to win my office March Madness pool. Thanks for nothing, Baylor.”

Clickbait (n): (On the Internet) content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.

“You won’t believe what happened next after I read this sentence about clickbait.”

Crapper (n): Vulgar slang for toilet.

“In England they call it a water closet, in ‘Merica, we call it the crapper.”

Fuhgeddaboudit (int.): Forget about it (used to indicate that a scenario is unlikely or undesirable).

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