Back on topic.
I found this interesting article in the paper.
Word of warning, don’t ‘wokescold’ a ‘cheug’
CLARISSA BYE
HAVE you been the victim of “phubbing”?
It’s when you’ve been snubbed by someone playing on their mobile phone instead of listening to you.
It’s in contention to be included in the next edition of the Macquarie Dictionary – one of a stack of new words being tracked that reveal trends in Australian society.
The dictionary editors have also picked up on words reflecting political correctness and identity politics, such as “wokescold”.
“To ‘wokescold’ is to criticise someone for not having views that are left-leaning or ‘woke’ enough,” they report.
And have you used the word “neopronoun”?
This is an “invented pronoun for a third or non-binary gender to male and female”.
Senior editor Victoria Morgan said the gender-neutral term was on track to possibly make the next official list of dictionary words.
She also flags the edgy word “cheugy”, meaning following out-of-date trends. A person doing this is a “cheug”.
“Cheugy certainly has got momentum, initially it was by Gen Z but because everyone else is using it now, cheugy itself has become cheugy,” Ms Morgan said. “The general public can submit a new word if they like at our website and we look at every one of them.
“They go on our watch list and we see if they have general enough currency in the wild.
“Some words just die away. It’s constantly changing.”
If you’re not a cheug you could be a “teenior” – a senior citizen acting like a stereotypical teenager.
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