Oxford English Dictionary

particularly as an acronym for “waste of our time”. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, however, has recently included ‘woot’, defining it as an exclamation of triumph or success (“‘Retweet’ and ‘woot’ Make Oxford Dictionary Debut”, 2011). The word ‘woot’ has been used to express enthusiasm, victory, desire, and irritation in music, television, games, online, and as acronyms. The meaning is not the same for all. If it is included in the dictionary, all meanings should be included, which will be…

Parkour is a creative way to move the fastest and the efficient way possible. There is such an absence of limitations and a unconditional liberty in Parkour that sometimes it is attribute to a form of art. The distinction between sport and art have always been so confusing. In this text, I will argue that parkour should be consider a sport at the same level of any other individual sport. The idea of sport is over all an athletic activity. Parkour could not fit more into this definition. I’ve…

When one thinks of how many people participated in the war, they probably only think of how many soldiers fought in the war and how many casualties there were. Due to the art of propaganda, most of the citizens from each country during World War II were acting participants because it lit a fire in everyone’s stomachs to help their country’s cause in whatever way possible. A teaching fellow at the Alabama Department of Archives and History wrote, “During World War II, the government undertook…

Behind the Curtain As said best by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This empowering quote basically says that you hold the power to decide for yourself what you think beauty is. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of beauty is the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses of pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit. Beauty is not the only thing people value in them. It is not defined by the way you look, clothes…

genocidal maniacs who tried to wipe an entire race of people, along with several other groups, off the face of the Earth? Conflating the desire to help other people communicate clearly by advising them on how to improve their clarity by using correct English with the hideous, world-changing crimes of Hitler and his ilk has got to be the worst – and sadly, most common – application of Godwin’s law on the internet. Offer one grammar suggestion in the course of an internet conversation and…

Social Media and Its New Vocabulary Thanks to social media the English language has radically changed from what it was 50 years ago. It has changed so much that new words keep being added to the dictionary, words that if we are being completely honest are usually only used by people no older than maybe 30. Words that have been invented in recent years are words like “fleek”, which is generally used to describe when someone is looking good. Another example to the ever growing list of…

lives and different ways of coping, therefore; what one person perceives as stress may not be stress for others. Self-esteem may influence how a person handles their life stress or what situations they find to be a stressor. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2015) defines self-esteem as “a confidence and satisfaction in oneself.” Sports and other physical activity, may play a role in an individual’s life in increasing one’s self-esteem while reducing one’s stress. The purpose of this study is to…

In the first place, dictionaries with standardized and regulated words will help us maintain “conventions of usage” (Bryson, 1990, p.151). “We must agree to spell cat c-a-t and not e-l-e-p-h-a-n-t, and we must agree that by that word we mean a small furry quadruped that goes meow and sits comfortably on one’s lap and not a large lumbering beast that grows tusks and is exceeding difficult to housebreak” (Bryson, 1990, p.150). We seem to have so many names for the same items. Sub sandwich’s can…

never truly understand until they need to. For instance, English. Sometimes, as a society, we take for granted the basic fundamentals of what could propel us to success and greatness. In Homemade Education by Malcolm X, we surely see the outcome of when you aren’t knowledgeable in the English language and the great affects of when you are. Malcolm X expresses how he built himself up from inside a prison cell, by just the use of a dictionary. Similarly, we turn to Jimmy Santiago Baca, who hated…

not know English. I was worried for my family and myself. The culture here is much different than the culture where I am from. Classes move very quickly and the assignments are very different. Before I came here I had a five day long meeting that helped me prepare myself for American culture. We discussed behavioral things, such as what to ask, social networking, and research. At home in my country, I read the news before going out, here is much different since I do not know a lot of English. I…