tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905416493038831261.post8684832251605946888..comments2023-07-02T08:51:39.389-05:00Comments on Fiction and Fantasy: The English Language Needs a Bigger DictionaryJeannette Jonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16223040243180418535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905416493038831261.post-73050878805252890052018-03-04T16:11:31.986-06:002018-03-04T16:11:31.986-06:00I hear ya right there. Some words I don't as m...I hear ya right there. Some words I don't as mind as much like "woke" or "hashtag", but some are just silly. I remember when Oxford added "bootylicious" to their dictionary roughly a year or two after that Destiny's Child song came out and I just facepalmed.Curtis M.http://cmbbwrites.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905416493038831261.post-87261983576242148842018-02-26T13:07:53.252-06:002018-02-26T13:07:53.252-06:00Yeah, I want to stab myself with a spoon every tim...Yeah, I want to stab myself with a spoon every time the dictionary adds another nonsensical fad word.Jeannette Jonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16223040243180418535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905416493038831261.post-43418580426222583742018-02-23T18:00:52.325-06:002018-02-23T18:00:52.325-06:00I agree that English needs a bigger dictionary. Ho...I agree that English needs a bigger dictionary. However, we need to fill it with the right words though. It bugs me how "bling-bling" could be in the Oxford dictionary and not "overprivileged".Curtis M.http://cmbbwrites.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com