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Language is ever changing, unless its Latin and in order to keep up with the times most dictionaries add new words on a regular basis.

This year of course is no exception, but you wouldn't believe the words being added to the Oxford English Dictionary this time around.

Heaven help us!

• Muggle:
  n. In the fiction of J.K. Rowling: a person who possesses no magical powers. Hence in allusive and extended uses: a person who lacks a particular skill or skills, or who is regarded as inferior in some way.
  
  
• Blamestorming:
  n. A method of collectively finding one to blame for a mistake no one is willing to confess to. Often occurs in the form of a meeting of colleagues at work, gathered to decide who is to blame for a screw up.
  
  
• Gaydar:
  n. A homosexual person's ability to identify another person as homosexual by interpreting subtle signals conveyed by their appearance, interests, etc.
  
  
• Grrrl:
  n. A young woman regarded as independent and strong or aggressive, especially in her attitude to men or in her sexuality.
  
  
• Threequel:
  n. The third film, book, event, etc. in a series; a second sequel.
  
  
• Mini-me:
  n. A person closely resembling a smaller or younger version of another.
  
  
• Screenager:
  n. A person in their teens or twenties who has an aptitude for computers and the Internet.
  
  
• Cyberslacking:
  v. Spending one's employer's Internet and email facilities for personal activities during working hours.
  
  
• Lookism:
  n. Prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of appearance.
  
  
• Frankenfood:
  n.Derogatory a food that contains genetically modified ingredients.
  
  
• Riffage:
  n. Guitar riffs.
  
  
• Bouncebackability:
  n. The ability to recover from near-defeat in a competition; the ability to recover from a setback.
  
  
• Prebuttal:
  n. A rebuttal for an accusation before it is made.
  
  
• Ego-surfing:
  v. Searching the Internet for instances of one's own name or links to one's own website.
  
  
• Meatspace:
  n. The physical world, as opposed to virtual.