Nick H. 10,112 Posted June 27, 2017 Quote 'Woke' and 'post-truth' added to Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary is getting political in its latest update, with "woke" and "post-truth" now included. The original meaning of woke is to awaken after sleep but the word now has other social connotations. "By the mid-20th century," says the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "woke had been extended figuratively to refer to being 'aware' or 'well informed' in a political or cultural sense." Post-truth was 2016's word of the year. It is defined as "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping political debate or public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief". Source and more Urgh, I dislike both of those words. Are 'fam' and 'bae' already in there, or have we been able to ignore them for the moment? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Evil Overlord 18,442 Posted June 27, 2017 Me too Nick, me too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sszecret 2,508 Posted June 27, 2017 I suppose this is..."lit"? Maybe? I don't even know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dipsylalapo 1,819 Posted June 27, 2017 I can't remember if this was for the Oxford English Dictionary or something else, but I watched an interesting short video. It talked about how words/phrases like this make it into the dictionary. To summarise though, words that are added are usually down to an increasing trend of being used, mainly online. So I guess once again, we blame social media Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TPreston 5,389 Posted June 27, 2017 'post-truth' is definitely part of or vocabulary now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LimeMaster 15,601 Posted June 28, 2017 19 hours ago, Nick H. said: Source and more Urgh, I dislike both of those words. Are 'fam' and 'bae' already in there, or have we been able to ignore them for the moment? Who's the bae in your avatar? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shiranui 1,920 Posted June 28, 2017 I have never heard woke used in that way. Then again, I do live in Japan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jnelsoninjax 12,382 Posted June 28, 2017 12 hours ago, Shiranui said: I have never heard woke used in that way. Then again, I do live in Japan. I have never heard it either, let alone bae, or the other phrases, like cash me outside, I had to Google that phrase to know what it was supposed to mean, but I also avoid Facebook so I guess that might be where a fair amount of these words are used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim K 13,912 Posted June 28, 2017 8 minutes ago, jnelsoninjax said: I have never heard it either, let alone bae, or the other phrases, like cash me outside, I had to Google that phrase to know what it was supposed to mean, but I also avoid Facebook so I guess that might be where a fair amount of these words are used. That "cash me outside" ... I didn't hear about it until listening to a Hollywood Babble-On podcast where they were talking about it. She has a lot of money now (estimated 200k) ... for that .. and set to make $1M. /sigh. I don't get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeChipshop 3,458 Posted June 28, 2017 Language evolves, and good on it! I'm not going to be using any of those horrible words but I can bet my parents said the same thing about some of my generations additions to the dictionary. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dipsylalapo 1,819 Posted June 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jim K said: That "cash me outside" ... I didn't hear about it until listening to a Hollywood Babble-On podcast where they were talking about it. She has a lot of money now (estimated 200k) ... for that .. and set to make $1M. /sigh. I don't get it. The bad side of social media, and before anyone says anything, yes there is a good side As a society, we need to stop making people like her "famous" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
