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Aillas
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 "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary "Hikikomori," a word that has come into common usage in recent years to signify the abnormal avoidance of social contact, especially by adolescent males, has found its way into the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English published Thursday.
The word is one of more than 2,000 new entries in the dictionary, whose first edition was published in 1998.
The vuvuzela, the plastic horn used to cheer teams during the soccer World Cup in South Africa earlier this year, also won an entry in the latest edition.
Other new entries include "bromance," a close but nonsexual relationship between two or more men, and "staycation," a holiday or holidays spent in one's home country without going abroad.
Publisher Oxford University Press also added "frenemy" — a combination of friend and potential enemy.Taken from here.
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JaneDoe
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary It's good that hikikomori was added, but I get annoyed when I hear of slang words like "frenemy" being added. It's so irritating.
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary Agreed with lyrical here. But I guess, as the english language evolves... 
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Suedehead
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary The day 'lol' is entered into the dictionary, I'm going to kill myself.
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JaneDoe
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary More like devolves  
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary that's what the ye old englisher's probably said.
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Alberi
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary That's kinda amusing me. 
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary That is true 
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Quasar
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary Same here. Lot's of those dumb little words get added. I think hikikomori is fine though, its a better word than "hermit", which is the closest normal English equivalent.
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Dredg
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary They added bromance? Seriously? 
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Re: "Hikikomori" official term in Oxford dictionary Maybe they should consult Encyclopedia Dramatica and UrbanDictionary for more entries. 
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