Dictionary

The dictionary's new words range from acronyms like 'CODA' to slang like 'sh**housery.”

a vaccination” [keep cup](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/102776?redirectedFrom=keep+cup#eid1384057990): “a reusable cup” [mononym](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/238541?redirectedFrom=mononym#eid): “a one-word name ... a man)” [textspeak](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/98001723?redirectedFrom=textspeak#eid): “language regarded as characteristic of text messaging and other forms of electronic communication, often consisting of abbreviations, acronyms, emoticons or emojis, etc.” [aestel](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/99932634?redirectedFrom=aestel#eid): “an artefact ... at which food and drink are served at the open tailgate of a motor vehicle” [tallywacker](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/247357?redirectedFrom=tallywacker#eid): “the penis” or “a stupid, annoying, or otherwise objectionable person (esp. for a well-known or prominent figure” [pinkie promise](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/102110238?rskey=vd7WUz&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid): “a promise made while linking one's little finger with that of another person, and regarded as especially binding or sincere” [porch pirate](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/147952?redirectedFrom=porch+pirate#eid1375004390): “a person who steals parcels that have been delivered and left unattended outside the intended recipient's home, business, etc.” [sh**housery](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/101950608?redirectedFrom=shithousery#eid): “something regarded as despicable, unacceptable, or bad” [superyacht](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/101932871?redirectedFrom=superyacht#eid): “an exceptionally large or powerful yacht” [tailgate party](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/197081?redirectedFrom=tailgate+parties#eid1375012290): “a party typically held in the car park of a stadium before a sports event ... [nearly 700 new terms](https://public.oed.com/blog/so-its-the-oed-update-obvs/) made the grade. a celebrity, is known” [parasocial](https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/99961331?redirectedFrom=parasocial#eid): “designating a relationship characterized by the one-sided, unreciprocated sense of intimacy felt ... It just needs to have been around long enough and used frequently enough for [lexicographers](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/600310/lexicographer-secrets) to recognize that it is— [slang](https://www.mentalfloss.com/section/slang) or not—part of the English language. Final has one for final girl, which, for non-horror fans, describes the archetypal female character—usually clever and virtuous—who outlasts everyone else in a Air fryer, for example, is one of many phrases found on the air page; and tailgate now has a section devoted to tailgate party. [here](https://public.oed.com/blog/so-its-the-oed-update-obvs/). Though we technically still don’t know for sure what it means, it’s “now frequently considered to be a pointer, or handle for a pointer, used to follow along or keep one’s place when reading a manuscript,” per the OED.