Each year, several new words are recognized and added to various editions of English language dictionaries. Other words get an additional meaning and have this new definition added. 2009 was no different than any other, as new definitions for existing words such as "twitter" and "tweet" entered common usage. Many other words, however, are much more obscure. Following is a list of words that...
Appdict - Addicted to using iPhone apps in inappropriate situations. Badge Doubt - The feeling that any badge or security ID shown to you is fake. Fib Blab - Private nickname conservative talk-radio hosts give to their own programs. Flu Reject - Person who does not qualify for any of the official categories of people who are advised to get an H1N1 flu vaccination. Newslech - Male w...
Boston MA: Each year various news organizations determine words or phrases that are overused and become annoyingly trite. A new report published by a leading New England University considers good English words that are often used badly. Some examples are: 1. The fight ended when the ruffian was kicked in the gentiles. 2. She went to the Gynecologist to have her Virginia examined. 3. T...
We had reported earlier this week that Oxford English Dictionary had been rewritten and redesigned offering an up to date and real language database. The latest edition published this morning is again only 15 pages thick but contains one new word...
Cardiff, Wales - A long national nightmare is at an end with the capture of 84 year old Heinrich Kluge, and his cache of stolen vowels. The tale started in 1945 when Nazi Germany was pressed in on all sides by Allied forces. A lone operative, in...
According to a new study "Whatever" is the most annoying word but for the 6,000th year in a row, men say that it is "No!" If you're in the US or planning to go there, whatever you do don't use the word "Whatever" stated the article! For some...
Telephone Dyslexia Syndrome (DST) is blamed for the poor spelling found on most text messages sent by teenagers to their friends. Leading SDT expert Ms. Cnut, says in her report that teenagers know full well how to spell words like, great, by th...
A bright man who worked as a candle maker for Elster's Candle Works was let go today for missing his period. In light of poor candle sales, many felt Old Man Elster waxed the poor bloke for omitting what only can be called an unfortunate bit of bad l...
Sly Twats masquerading as literary-social groups today declared a big victory in a battle most world citizens didn't know was being waged! The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission received an unconditional surrender from weak kneed politici...
To everybody's astonishment including literature professors at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Becks and Roon have scooped this years Nobel Prize for world literature, you know, like! They were given the prize for inventing a brand new language...
Klaus Enuff, a maverick linguist from the University of Carumba has come up with a radical solution to the age old complaint of the computer keyboard not being in alphabetical order. "Tis simples, yes?" said Enuff, mimicking Aleksandr the meerkat...
NANTUCKET, MA - It gives a whole new meaning to "breaking the silence." A revelational study to be released later today suggests that more often than not, when someone claims to be speechless, they are "not actually." The concept was discover...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Twit, or tweet? When the cockpit of California Governor Schwarzenegger's plane filled with smoke, members of popular Internest social network YouChirp say they couldn't tell if his urgent warble at the site was some sort of pract...
Oxford and Harvard educated David Millipede has perfected street-cred speech mannerisms that stand comparison with Tony Bliar at his coolest. Speaking yesterday on the Today programme, Mr Millipede demonstrated near-perfect use of the glottal sto...
NEW YORK CITY, NY - The English language contains more words than any other on the planet, and it added its millionth early Wednesday morning, according to the Global Language Monitor, a web site that uses a mathematical formula to predict the freque...
Sherlock Holmes ate another slice of toast, while Dr. Watson read The Times out loud to him. ''In the early hours of this morning, a window at 10 Downing Street was seen to open, and a hand quickly threw the letter R out into the street, before slamming the window shut again'', the doctor read. ''Police seem to be baffled.' Very strange, Holmes, don't you think?' 'Undoubtedly, Watson. Get my...
It has been announced by Sweden's foreign office, that henceforth the words 'foreign' and 'foreigner' will be outlawed and exchanged to the people and E.U cash grant friendly friendly phrase: 'Immigrant/s that have yet to arrive on our shores'. Wh...
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