Thx, tweetable, dumbphone now in Oxford Dictionary

February 26, 2013 15:29

Lexicographers have added a fresh round of tech jargon such as "thx" to Oxford's online English dictionary. Some of the latest additions by the Oxford Dictionaries include familiar words such as "tweetable" and "social sharing," referring to people's growing need to post every piece of daily trivia to the Internet. Other words like "dumbphone," and "touchles" have also made it to the dictionary, the 'TechNewsDaily' reported.

According to Oxford, "touchles" refers to gesture-control devices such as Microsoft's Kinect gaming accessory that uses a camera to interpret body motions for game-play. Still other entries might have people turning to Oxford on-line to check definitions. "Cruft," a new addition means badly designed or unwanted software.

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