NEW WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY

Each year a handful of words and expressions become

bona fide entries in the world’s top English dictionaries.

Whether chillaxing with a gal pal or out on a bromantic

date, you’ll automagically impress your friends when you

rock these beauties.

1. automagically adv. Automatically in a way that seems

magical.

2. bromance n. Close platonic male friendship.

3. buzzkill

4. catastrophize v. To present a situation as worse than

it is.

5. chillax v. to calm down and relax.

6. cougar n. Older woman who dates younger men.

7. frenemy n. Friend with who one has frequent conflict.

8. friend v. To add to a list of personal associates on a

website.

9. LBD n. Little black dress

10. rock v. To do something in a confident, flamboyant

way.

11. staycation n. Vaction spent at home.

12. unfriend v. To remove from a list of personal associates

on a website.