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morjom | 6 months ago

Don't "regular" dictionaries like the Cambridge and Oxford ones usually avoid adding slang?

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dragonwriter|6 months ago

The OED may take a while to add words sometimes, but it doesn't avoid slang; it aims for completeness rather than limiting itself to a particular formal register.

cjs_ac|6 months ago

The second paragraph of the article:

> Delulu, tradwife, broligarcy, and lewk, have all been added because experts believe the words will not be just a fad, but will have linguistic staying power.

lucideer|6 months ago

The fact they've included that paragraph doesn't invalidate the question. Cambridge used to add ~500, maybe as many as 1000 words annually. In recent years it's climbed to 2000 but 6000 is rather unprecedented.