Aeroplane: What mum impersonates to get a 1-year-old to eat puréed vegetables. Apple: Nutricious lunchtime dessert which children will trade for cupcakes. Baby: 1. Dad, when he gets a cold. 2. Mum 's youngest child, even if he's 42. Bathroom: A room used by the entire family, believed by all except mum to be self-cleaning. […]

She says  -  English Yes.  -   No. No.  -  No. Maybe -  No. You want  -  You want We need  -  I want It's your decision.  -  The correct decision should be obvious by now. Do what you want.  -  You'll pay for this later.We need to talk.  -   I need to complain.Sure […]

US web monitoring firm, Global Language Monitor, has declared the millionth Englith word to be "Web 2", which is a term used for the latest generation of web products. (They trawl the internet for new words and terms and once a word or phrase has been used at least 25,000 times, it accepts it. Seemingly […]

Quite a few new words and phrases have entered the Chambers Dictionary this year. Here are some of the more interesting ones:- Blue-on-blue - fire from one's own side or allied forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces, sometimes called friendly fire. Blu-ray - a blue laser used to read and write discs. […]

Australia's main dictionary the Macquarie has asked readers to vote for their favourite new word. Most of the words are not specifically Australian, but reflect global trends in fields such as technology, health and what the dictionary calls the social scene. According to them, cyberathlete might not suffer boomeritis as he or she is probably […]

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