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EternalOptimist started a topic OED - New definitions for common words

11 August 2014, 14:47
OED - New definitions for common words

The Oxford English Dictionary have annoinced a couple of new definitions for common words

Imminent
/ˈɪmɪnənt/

adjective

old usage - Close , near, fast approching

new usage - Far in the future, more chance of nailing a jelly to the ceiling

WWIII

abrv (world war 3)

old usage - A global conflict involving most or all of the superpowers

new usage - a local border dispute between a bloke in a furry hat and a bloke on a horse
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