After its latest revision, the Oxford English Dictionary now includes 45,437 new words and meanings–including tinfoil hat, singledom, and dot bomb.
The new update also includes words from the world of texting: OMG and LOL, FYI. They also added the all-important “ego-surfing,” the act of searching for references to yourself on the Internet. Follow this link to read more about the update.
Here’s more about a new contextual addition to the dictionary: “A new sense has been added to the verb heart in this update, and it may be the first English usage to develop via the medium of T-shirts and bumper-stickers. It originated as a humorous reference to logos featuring a picture of a heart as a symbol for the verb love, like that of the famous ‘I ♥ NY’ tourism campaign. The earliest quote for this use, from 1984, uses the verb in ‘I heart my dog’s head,’ a jokey play on bumper stickers declaring devotion to a particular breed of dog.”