Oxford adds awesomesauce, butt dial, manspreading, and more to online dictionary

Re:Oxford adds awesomesauce, butt dial, manspreading, and mo... by DougN7 on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @11:29PM (#10585921)

I'm losing all respect for the Oxford dictionary, especially after 'literally' was redefined as 'figuratively'

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Re:Oxford adds awesomesauce, butt dial, manspreading, and mo... by DanBC on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @06:58AM (#10587182)

Literally has had that use since the early 20th century. Of course a descriptivist dictionary is going to describe that use.

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Re:Oxford adds awesomesauce, butt dial, manspreading, and mo... by wodenokoto on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @06:54AM (#10587173)

Yeah, it totally sucks to have a dictionary that has words definitions that reflect common word usage of the past 20-30 years.

And literally isn't defined as figuratively. It is listed as both a synonym and an antonym meaning to figuratively.

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Re:Oxford adds awesomesauce, butt dial, manspreading, and mo... by Khaine on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @06:15AM (#10587061)

Me too. Its sad that they feel the need to do this to appear relevant or trendy.

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