'YOLO!'
Oxford English Dictionary lives life on the
edge with new entries
LONDON — Text-speak-phobe Prince Charles may well
bristle at the idea (or maybe he'll embrace the word **w it's been **rmalised), but "YOLO" has made it into the
Oxford English Dictionary.
In its latest update of new words deemed to be in such widespread usage as to be dictionary-worthy, it stiffly defines the acronym for "you only live once" as "used to express the view that one should make the most of the present moment without worrying about the future (often as a rationale for impulsive or reckless behaviour)."*
It may have been an exercise in "clickbait" — a**ther new word included — but the OED has also listed some rather less salubrious entries.
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