The grammatically incorrect catchphrase, 'simples', of telly sensation Aleksandr the Meerkat has been voted as the new word of the year.
Compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary praised Aleksandr Orlov for getting his catchphrase, which appears in the comparethemarket.com ads, and which means "easy to do", added to everyday conversation.usie Dent, 42, of Oxford University Press and star of Channel 4's Countdown, said the catchphrase quickly caught the attention of the public.
Words And Their Worthiness
When Michael Jackson blew a kiss into the crowd and shouted ‘Love You’, the crowd went into raptures. Read on to find out the positive vibration of words…..
When Michael Jackson blew a kiss into the crowd and shouted ‘Love You’, the crowd went into raptures. Read on to find out the positive vibration of words…..
It beat the likes of "defriend", to remove someone from a list of friends on Facebook, and "Tweetup", when people hook up after contacting each other on Twitter.
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Online Buzzwords of 2009
Popular slang, phrases, news events such as sexting, mini-Madoff, Great Recession, octomom have made it to a list of buzzwords, offering a linguistic look back at 2009.
Popular slang, phrases, news events such as sexting, mini-Madoff, Great Recession, octomom have made it to a list of buzzwords, offering a linguistic look back at 2009.
Research Pinpoints Brain Region That Helps Us Understand Written Words
A brain region that helps us understand written language has been identified by scientists from Johns Hopkins University in the USA.
A brain region that helps us understand written language has been identified by scientists from Johns Hopkins University in the USA.
Swear Words on T-Shirts Incense Parents
Parents have been outraged by children's T-shirts with swear words, violent images and sexual innuendos printed on them.
Parents have been outraged by children's T-shirts with swear words, violent images and sexual innuendos printed on them.
