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Thread poster: Paul Dixon
Paul Dixon
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Apr 9, 2010

Have you come across any new word coinages recently? New words often appear in newspaper articles, as this one I found on Daily Mail Online:

SCREENAGER (n.)

Meaning: a teenager who is addicted to the Internet and/or social networking sites
 
Jack Doughty
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Ediots Apr 9, 2010

Came across this in one of these forums only today, but I can't find it again now. Someone was talking about translations being badly edited at agencies by "ediots". It may have been a typo but I doubt it. Either way, it's a useful word!
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Came across this in one of these forums only today, but I can't find it again now. Someone was talking about translations being badly edited at agencies by "ediots". It may have been a typo but I doubt it. Either way, it's a useful word!

Found it, here:
http://www.proz.com/forum/translation_theory_and_practice/162286-jargon_vs_terminology.html

David Eunice wrote: "Often enough, edits are, basically, made by ediots."

[Edited at 2010-04-09 16:00 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Mykhailo Voloshko
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ediot's been in the dictionary since 2005 Apr 9, 2010

Urban Dictionary, 6th meaning: ttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ediot

[Edited at 2010-04-09 16:28 GMT]
 
Suzan Hamer
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Funny, there's another thread today about the same thing: Apr 9, 2010

In that thread, there are links to two sites dealing with new words.

http://www.wordspy.com/ bills itself as "the word lover's guide to new words."


Link to the other thread, Buzz Wor... See more
In that thread, there are links to two sites dealing with new words.

http://www.wordspy.com/ bills itself as "the word lover's guide to new words."


Link to the other thread, Buzz Words:
http://www.proz.com/forum/translator_resources/162218-buzz_words.html#1366249

[Edited at 2010-04-10 10:30 GMT]

[Edited at 2010-04-10 10:30 GMT]

[Edited at 2010-04-10 10:31 GMT]

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Nicole Schnell
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Himbo Apr 10, 2010

Or: bimboy. The male equivalent to "bimbo".
 
Suzan Hamer
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deleted.... sorry Aug 21, 2010

Nicole Schnell wrote:

Or: bimboy. The male equivalent to "bimbo".


[Edited at 2010-08-21 19:13 GMT]
 
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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Non-native speaker's view point Aug 22, 2010

Mykhailo Voloshko wrote:

Urban Dictionary, 6th meaning: ttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ediot[/quote]
Although I read Internet forums regularly, this dictionary is encouraging me to learn English more and more; I do not observe live English speaking in its home countries. I understand that new words are derivatives of daily language usage and I cannot master by staying abroad.

Best regards,

Soonthon Lupkitaro
 


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