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1、Ifyou'restudyingaforeignlanguage,you'llknowthatlearningvocabularycanoftenbeapainstakingprocess.Afterall,therearethousandsuponthousandsofwords,expressionsandidiomstolearn.Butsometimes,newwordsappearthatcanconfoundevennativespeakers.Eachyear,anewsetofneologismsisaddedtothedictiona

2、ry,reflectingthechangingtastesandhabitsofanation.MembersofthepublicwereinvitedtosubmitnewwordsandphrasestotheCollinsonlinedictionary,around80ofwhichwerechosentoappearinthenewedition.Theyrangefromslangorcolloquialterms,towordsdescribingfood,technologyorscientificideas.Forexample,

3、ayoungpersonmightdescribesomethingas'totesamazeballs';aphrasewhichhasevolvedfrom"totallyamazing"andhasbeenpopularizedbycharactersinteenagerealityprogrammes.Ifyou'rehappyaboutasituation,perhapsyoumightbe'madeup';ifnot,youmayenduptellingsomeoneto'jogon,'orgoaway.Someofthewordsadde

4、dmaybealittlemorefamiliar.'Facebook'isoneoftheworld’sbiggestsocialmediawebsites,soit’snotsurprisingthatithasmadeitintothedictionary.Similarly,termssuchas'SMS'and'Twitterer'reflecttheever-advancingtechnologicalageinwhichwelive.Maybeyouknowa'bridezilla',aplayonwordstodescribeawoma

5、nwhosebehaviourinplanningherweddingisintolerable.Ifyou'rehealthconscious,youmightbefillingyoursupermarkettrolleywithsuperfoods.Sometimes,learningalanguagecanbetoughand,withnewwordsbeingaddedallthetime,don'tpanicifyoufindthatyou'veforgottenthenameofsomething.Now,youcansafelycalli

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