Comments on: OED DECEMBER 2003

OED DECEMBER 2003

mfoight — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:15:30 -0800

Fuckwit, superwaif, infoholic, and blamestorming! The December 2003 quarterly update of the Oxford English Dictionary now available. (Scroll to the bottom of the list for the naughty new words). So what's your fav newly "authorized" word?

By: toothless joe

toothless joe — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:37:36 -0800

Good lord, they added "fist-fucker" and "gang-bang". Nice to know they are hyphenated. I didn't see it on the link, but I heard on TV that they also added "baby momma".

By: brownpau

brownpau — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:55:35 -0800

toothless joe - I swear I read that as "fish-fucker" the first time around. What about "asshat?"

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:57:02 -0800

I anxiously await the day 'fucktard' is given its proper due.

By: biffa

biffa — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:40:14 -0800

Why does Mark Steel (2001) get a reference for fuckwit while Viz isn't mentioned. An absolute travesty.

By: me3dia

me3dia — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:51:13 -0800

I'd like to think that fuckwit is in thanks to the efforts of MetaFilter. Let's all do our part to get asshat in next quarter!

By: waldo

waldo — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:06:29 -0800

I'm glad to see "grep" in there. I've used that in conversation for years. I'm a little bewildered by some entries, though. "Cilantro"? Does this have some double-meaning, or is this a newer vegetable than I thought that it was? Ditto on "bunny hop," "chipotle," "doofus," "gag rule," and "entry level."

By: KnitWit

KnitWit — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:22:42 -0800

oh sure "Fuckwit" makes the cut but "KnitWit" is still back burner I bet... I don't care, I ain't changin my screen name

By: pixelbaby

pixelbaby — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:37:25 -0800

Hee... fuckwit.

By: leapfrog

leapfrog — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:45:56 -0800

I have to nominate "Perl" as my favorite.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:50:45 -0800

Really milking the OED updates, eh, mfoight?

By: Peter H

Peter H — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:56:19 -0800

from the list: nookie-bookie, n this is my new favorite word if it's oxford for Pimp. Shit, even if it isnt.

By: jengod

jengod — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:20:39 -0800

You can NEVER have too many OED update posts on Metafilter. Long live the quarterly OED update posts. :)

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:23:02 -0800

Bah, take this shit to QuarterlyOxfordEnglishDictionaryUpdateFilter.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:19:52 -0800

Its likely not on there (link's busted presently) but "scumfuck" is my favorite new word. But "blegging" is another favorite for the bloggers who plead for money to pay off their debt.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:32:41 -0800

xmutex, you could have added a link, I just spent the last five minutes trying to find the QuarterlyOxfordEnglishDictionaryUpdateFilter and have come up empty. No, not really but damn, pretty strong reaction to a pretty innocuous post. A little Scrooging going on or what?

By: jonp72

jonp72 — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:42:21 -0800

I'm a little bewildered by some entries, though. "Cilantro"? Does this have some double-meaning, or is this a newer vegetable than I thought that it was? Ditto on "bunny hop," "chipotle," "doofus," "gag rule," and "entry level." OED is a little slow on the uptake when it comes to American slang, but they're doing much better than they used to.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:09:46 -0800

Still waiting on the OED to pick up 'wonderchicken'.

By: Down10

Down10 — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 21:23:06 -0800

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries: ... fist, v.¹ ... Ewwwwww.

By: biffa

biffa — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 02:32:02 -0800

I'd like to think that fuckwit is in thanks to the efforts of MetaFilter. Have to disagree, its been building up strongly in usage for over a decade in the UK (and the OED is UK based after all) largely thanks to the aforementioned Viz magazine, but was apparently Australian in origin.

By: crunchburger

crunchburger — Tue, 16 Dec 2003 03:43:38 -0800

OED posts always bring out the haters.