New words – 15 June 2015

JOMO_2

JOMO abbreviation the joy of missing out

It was only a matter of time before someone – in this case Fake’s fellow entrepreneur Anil Dash – came up with a counterpart acronym, which encapsulates my stance towards tarot cabaret: Jomo, the joy of missing out.

[http://www.theguardian.com 17 October 2014]

 

inspo noun informal inspiration

An oversized fedora (leather band) is a) more chic, and b) less annoying for everyone else. See Naomi Watts for inspo.

[The Guardian (UK broadsheet) 29 November 2014]

obvi abbreviation obviously

Obvi she didn’t want to get in trouble, but wait! There’s more to it than that!

[http://perezhilton.com 10 December 2014]

Ugh: TIME Wants To Ban Girl-Centric Slang Words, And That’s Obvi A Problem

[www.huffingtonpost.com 14 November 2014]

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  2. Jeffrey

    Cassette
    noun /kəˈset/
    › a flat, plastic case containing a long piece of magnetic material that is used to record and play sound and pictures:

    *a video cassette

  3. Victor Hugo Medina

    Quite interesting. I’ve come across other cases in speech, such as “beaut” for “beauty” and “hilar” for “hilarious”. Have the ones mentioned in this blog been dictionarised?

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