Adorkable, Fractivist Or Duckface - Which Word Should Go In The First-Ever #Twictionary?

Adorkable, Fractivist Or Duckface - Which Word Should Go In The First-Ever #Twictionary?

Do you consider yourself adorkable? Have you ever posted a nomakeupselfie, perhaps while you were making a duckface?

No, me neither. But many are now using these words and others like them as an everyday part of their online lexicon, so researchers at Collins are using Twitter to poll the public about their favourites, with the winner being selected to appear in the twelfth edition of the Collins English Dictionary in October.

To vote, visit the Collins #Twictionary website and select your word of choice from the following list (with meanings):

  • Adorkable – dorky in an adorable way
  • Gaybourhood – a gay-friendly neighbourhood
  • Fatberg – a large mass of solid waste, grease, etc, clogging a sewage system
  • Felfie – a farmer selfie
  • Duckface – the traditional ‘pouting’ facial expression in selfies
  • Vaguebooking – posting deliberately vague status updates on social media to prompt a response
  • Euromaidan – the original pro-Europe protests in...
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