Showing posts with label Dictionaries. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Sexting makes it into the American dictionary

by Zoe Briggs

We’ve all indulged in a bit of sexting in our time but the American dictionary has finally caught up as it puts it into their new edition.

sexting goes into the dictionary - cosmopolitan uk

Here at Cosmo we’re big fans of sexting so we were super excited to hear that the American dictionary, Merriam-Webster's has officially added the word to their latest edition!
 
 
Including a definition which reads, “The sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone,” we’re wondering what took them so long? We’ve been into sexting for years now!
 
 
Other words that also made it into the new edition include ‘f-bomb’, ‘aha moment’ and er, ‘earworms’. We'r wondering when 'leg bombing' a la Angelina Jolie will make the cut?