New entries have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English, introducing words such as “chillax”, “frenemy” and “bromance”.
Other notable terms among the new entries include “chill pill”, “bargainous” and “to defriend”.
Oxford students have spoken out in support for the additions. Tom Griffiths, a student at St Hugh’s, told Cherwell “whoever is really strongly opposed clearly does not understand these words and just needs to chillax and take a chill pill”.
“There’s a core team of three or four of us, with some specialists, and we do have some heated debates” said Catherine Soanes, head of online dictionaries at the Oxford University Press in an interview with Channel 4 News.
“‘Jeggings’ we have been watching for some time, but it didn’t make it this time [in the print edition]. But I think it will online.”
