牛津在线词典新增千条俚语 manspreading、Grexit等入选

If you’re hangry and some manspreading rando is riling you up, these snackable definitions should help, mkay?

要是你正饿怒呢，一个奇葩又在地铁上大爷式占座把你惹毛了，这些快餐词说不定能帮上一点忙，你说似吧?

The latest slang phrases added to OxfordDictionaries.com have been revealed – reflecting evolving cultural, political and social norms.

牛津在线词典公开新收入的俚语，文化、政治和社会规范的变迁从中可见一斑。

Hangry (angry due to hunger), manspreading (encroaching on a neighbouring seat) and rando (a stranger acting oddly) are among the 1,000 new words.

1000个新词中，包括hangry(饿怒，指因为饥饿而发火)、manspreading(大爷式占座，即一人占两个座位)和rando(怪咖，指举止怪异的陌生人)等。

Snackable (an easy read) and mkay (OK), joined the online dictionary after gaining widespread use, along with beer o’clock, bants, awesomesauce and bruh.

Snackable(快餐化的，意为简单易懂的)和mkay(对吧、是吧)因为得到广泛使用，和beer o'clock(啤酒时间)、bants(玩笑话)、awesomesauce(棒呆了)、bruh(哥们)等词一起被收入了牛津在线词典。

Editor Fiona McPherson said: “It’s not about dumbing down, it’s more creative ways people are using language.

牛津在线词典编辑菲奥娜•麦克弗森(Fiona McPherson)表示，“这不是语言通俗化，而是人们更有创意的语言使用方式。

New to the dictionary:

新增俚语有：

awesomesauce, adj:(US informal) extremely good; excellent

棒呆的(形容词，非正式美语)：特别棒的，极好的

bants (also bantz), pl. n:(Brit informal) playfully teasing remarks exchanged; banter

玩笑话(复数名词，非正式英语)：逗弄、戏弄的话语

beer o’clock, n: an appropriate time of day to start drinking beer (likewise wine o’clock)

啤酒时间(名词)：一天中适合开始喝啤酒的时间(类似的还有“红酒时间)

brain fart, n: (informal) a temporary mental lapse or failure to reason correctly

大脑短路(名词，非正式)：暂时的大脑当机，无法正确地推断

bruh, n: (US informal) a male friend (often used as a form of address)

哥们(名词，非正式美语)：男性友人(经常用作称呼语)

fatberg, n: a very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage system, consisting of congealed fat and personal hygiene products flushed down loos

油脂块(名词)：下水道系统中的大块固体废物，由冲下厕所的油脂和个人卫生用品凝固而成

fur baby, n: a person’s dog, cat or other furry pet

毛茸宝宝(名词)：一个人养的狗、猫或其他毛茸茸的宠物

Grexit, n: the potential withdrawal of Greece from the eurozone

希腊退欧(名词)：希腊退出欧元区的可能

mx, n: a title used by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender

Mx(名词)：不愿具体说明自己性别的人士使用的称谓

pocket dial, v: inadvertently call someone on a phone in one’s pocket

口袋误拨(动词)：手机放在口袋里时不小心拨出电话

weak sauce, n: (US informal) something of a poor or disappointing standard or quality

劣等货(名词，非正式美语)：水准、质量低劣或令人失望的东西

Vocabulary

norm：标准，规范

encroach：蚕食，侵占

dumbing down：肤浅，低能化

banter：无恶意的玩笑

lapse：(一时的) 走神，判断错误

sewerage：下水道系统

congealed：凝结的，凝固的

inadvertently：非故意地，无心地