Mansplaining, Hangry, Ransomware, and Swag are among more than 1,000 words that have been added to the latest Oxford English Dictionary (OED).


Mansplaining is defined as explaining something "needlessly, overbearingly, or condescendingly, especially to a woman, in a manner thought to reveal a patronising or chauvinistic attitude".

Researchers date early usage of that term to an internet exchange between a man and a woman in 2008.

Although hangry has only come into common usage recently the word dates back to 1956 when it appeared in a psychoanalytic journal.

The OED defines the new term snowflake as a description of someone who is "overly sensitive or as feeling entitled to special treatment or consideration".

Ransomware is another new addition - less than a year since the NHS was one of a number of global institutions targeted by the WannaCry cyber attack that was carried out with the use of malicious software.

Chaebol is formed by combining the Korean words chae, meaning wealth, and bol, meaning faction and, in South Korea, means a large business conglomerate.

However, recently the word has been used to describe a luxurious lifestyle associated with families who own such businesses.

The new list sees American rapper Jay-Z get his sixth OED citation with the word swag being added to the dictionary.

Swag, derived from the word swagger, describes a bold, self-confident manner and appeared in Jay-Z's Black Album: "My self-esteem went through the roof, man. I got my swag."

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