Collins English Dictionary has added words like 'hoodies', 'wags', 'cabon footprints', muffin top, size zero, into its 9th edition, launched just on Monday the 4 June!
hoodie = a young person who wears a hooded sweatshirt, regarded by some as a potential hooligan. Get the picture?
wags = the pampered wives and girlfriends spending their partners' cash, take their place after a sterling performance accompanying the England football team at the 2006 World Cup. In other words, wives and girlfriends of footballers. Who?
pro-ana = those who believe anorexia is a lifestyle choice. Also, size zero
muffin top = the flabby bulge over the top of a tight pair of jeans. some muffins?
brainfood = foods containing nutrients thought to assist brain function.
carbon footprint, carbon offsetting and season creep - the changing length of seasons thought to be caused by climate change. Your cabon footprint?
Apart from these, words like 'Plasma screen', 'Tamiflu' - the anti-viral drug for influenza, 'wiki', 'me-media' - personal online services such as YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. =D
Phew.. so many... I'm wondering if 'Ubuntu', 'Blogger', 'Cookie', 'Emoticon'...and the like are in there too.
However, Thai people not to worry! Our ราชบัญฑิตยสถาน or The Royal Institute is also updated the Royal Institute dictionary with words used between 1999 - 2007 (พ.ศ. 2542 - 2550) and they call it the dictionary of the current Thai language, literally translated from พจนานุกรมภาษาไทยปัจจุบัน. They have been collected 'new words' for about 2 years and currently there are about 1,000 words from the modern time. You will be amused when you hear what words are being included. They are...
Chill-Chill ชิวชิว = to take it casually, as in 'sit chill-chill at a club' or take it easy
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Ung อึ้ง = shocked and speechless
Kip-Kea กิ๊บเก๋ = chic
Gig กิ๊ก = a person you have an affair with, or as my experienced friend put it, it's someone who is more than a friend but less than a girlfriend/boyfriend.
Go Inter โกอินเตอร์ = to become famous internationally...(I guess this word got its root from Tata young Oh..boys love her..ha ha. There you will find her photo in the link.)
Cha-pai-toi ช้าไปต๋อย = too slow that someone has already taken your chance
Dek sil เด็กชิ่ว = a person who has re-enterd a university
Kan neaw กันเหนียว = to do something or have a contingency plan so that you are certain you will get the right result.
Kai-Kok ไขก๊อก ... This I don't know what it means, but it's from politics I guess.
So.. your gig has go-intered with the help of Dek-sil and what made you Ung was that he said Cha-pai-toi, but your girlfriend just chill chill. ha ha How's that?
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