Day Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 As of this week, you’ll be able to justify the word “ZOMG†using the Oxford Dictionaries Online. Should you feel the need to alert the “Twittersphere,†you can spellcheck that, too. The two words are on a long list of new additions to the dictionary, many of which have origins in technology and social media. “The world of computers and social networking continues to be a major influence on the English language,†explains the online dictionary’s blog. (The Oxford Dictionary Online is affiliated with the OED, but they are not one and the same. The difference is explained here.) Other newly official words include “social graph,†“permalink,†“paperless,†“lifehack†and “lappy.†Dictionaries have been acknowledging emerging Internet vocabulary since 2004 or before. That year, “blog†made the top of Merriam Webster’s Word of the Year list. “Facebook†was Collins’s top word three years later, and in 2009, “unfriend†was the Oxford Dictionary’s top pick. Perhaps “unfollow,†which Oxford also included in its recent online updates, will follow in its Facebook counterpart’s footsteps. ZOMG, that would be so cool. http://mashable.com/2011/06/03/zomg-twittersphere-oxford-dictionary/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Could you put this in the annoying thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Daveo, step away from the computer and go outside, take a deep breath and raise your face to the sunshine. Do not look at a computer screen again today.................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 And give us the definition, I ain't got a clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 roflcopter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 And give us the definition, I ain't got a clue It's pretty much OMG "Oh my god", heres the juicy bit.....The Z is there because people used to hit the Z key whilst hitting the left shift for the caps letters for OMG, so now it's ZOMG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 My \ key is next to the left shift, so it's \OMG, which I wouldn't know how to pronounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 slashohmegod......sounds Japanese. Had to replace "my" with "me". It just didn't sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 surely that should be slashommg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Depends what goes off in your head. i'm a bit strange, so when i read OMG, my head says Oh My God, not the individual letters. O-M-G. So \omg would be slashohmegod in my head when i read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Depends what goes off in your head. i'm a bit strange, so when i read OMG, my head says Oh My God, not the individual letters. O-M-G. So \omg would be slashohmegod in my head when i read it. Isn't slashohmegod Jonny Metgod's brother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcdavecov Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I'd stand and applaud if i wasn't at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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