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Today’s English
May 30th, 2017

As long as human beings evolve and develop, the language spoken by them will also grow up bigger and bigger finding the entry of hundreds of new words regularly.  Oxford English dictionary is regularly updated four times a year.  The following words include some new words recently entered into English usage.

1. New word: 420 (noun)

Meaning: cannabis or the act of smoking cannabis(a drug made from dried leaves and flowers giving intoxication. )

Why 420? : April 20th is abbreviated in the US as 4/20.  This is a special day for celebrating the smoking of cannabis.  They also wish each other- "Happy 420! "

Examples:
A. Have you ever tried 420?
B. This is a 420-friendly hotel and we can stay here.

2. New word : Anonymouse

Meaning: one who gives information anonymously, often being afraid of its consequences.

Examples:
A. I think, he is the suspected anonymouse.
B. At last, they found out the anonymouse and beat him black and blue for spreading rumours.

3. New word: applepick

Meaning: to steal someone’s apple iPhone or iPad.

Examples:
A. Take care of your iPhone. It may be applepicked.
B. Everyone loves to own iPhone but applepick is an issue of big concern.

4. New word: black swan

   Meaning: an extremely rare and unexpected event, often causing much damage and being remarkable in history.

Examples:
A. Terrorist attack on the twin towers of America is really a black swan.
B. People can never forget the Indian black swan, the 2004 tsunami.

5. New word: Bromance

Meaning: a close but non-sexual relationship between two men. It’s a mixture of two words - brother+romance

Examples:
A. Everyone in this college knows about their bromance.
B. You can always find him with karthick. Theirs is such a great bromance!

(Friend 1: Do you carry 420 during your journey?

Friend 2: no. I keep just 100 rupees with me whenever I travel.

Friend1: ………….?!)