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You can read about some of our most recently added words and meanings in our blog post Gen Z: generating change. -- Words and meanings added in September 2024 AFAB abbreviation allergenic adjective AMAB abbreviation angiogram noun angiography noun anticancer adjective antihypertensive adjective antimicrobial adjective antimicrobial resistance noun anti-racism noun anti-racist adjective anti-racist noun arrhythmia noun assign verb, sense 6 audit verb, sense 2 autophagy noun battery electric vehicle noun BEV noun BGM noun big tech noun bikeable adjective black tea noun brain fog noun breaking news noun bronzer noun chill adjective, sense 2 chloroquine noun city centre noun co-curricular adjective combination therapy noun comorbid adjective cyanobacteria noun cytokine storm noun dad bod noun data governance noun deep dive noun dub noun, sense 1 duet verb e-banking noun e-gate noun electric vehicle noun electrolyte noun, sense 2 endoscopic adjective ephedrine noun erectile dysfunction noun eye drops noun eyewash noun, sense 1 firebreak noun, sense 2 forensic adjective, sense 2 forever chemical noun game playing noun gateway drug noun generative AI noun gift aid noun granular adjective, sense 2 granularity noun graphic design noun guesstimate verb hallucinate verb, sense 2 hallucination noun, sense 3 head of steam idiom health screening noun healthspan noun heat stress noun HEV noun home visit noun hybrid electric vehicle noun hydrocephalus noun hyphenate noun hypotension noun hypotensive adjective idiopathic adjective immunocompromised adjective immunosuppressed adjective implantable adjective integrative adjective integrative medicine noun internet banking noun intubation noun invisible adjective, sense 2 ischaemic adjective isolate verb, sense 2 juiced adjective Kawasaki disease noun listeriosis noun live adjective, sense 9 macula noun macular adjective macular degeneration noun medical doctor noun medical mask noun meridian noun, sense 2 MERS noun multi-hyphenate noun music therapy noun naming ceremony noun NAT noun nav noun nephritis noun nephrology noun nerve ending noun neuromuscular adjective New Year's resolution noun night sweat noun Nipah virus noun norepinephrine noun nucleic acid test noun nurdle noun oolong tea noun overfish verb passphrase noun pay-per-click noun pescatarian noun phage noun pharmacovigilance noun PHEV noun pile-on noun pink tax noun plug-in hybrid electric vehicle noun PM10 noun PM2.5 noun POCT noun point-of-care testing noun PowerBank™ noun prompt noun, sense 3 PSA noun public service announcement noun put lipstick on a pig idiom rabbit hole noun ranked choice noun rebound verb, sense 4 rebound noun, sense 4 rep noun, sense 5 romance scam noun screen reader noun second officer noun shadow noun, sense 7 shell company noun simp noun soba noun sober curious adjective sore throat noun Spanish flu noun special character noun spike protein noun spy balloon noun squeeze verb, sense 4 stress hormone noun supercut noun superspreader event noun surgical mask noun tachycardia noun taskbar noun TikToker noun udon noun unbox verb use-by date noun vaccine hesitancy noun vascular dementia noun vehicle noun, sense 3 veneer noun, sense 3 vitiligo noun whip verb, sense 7 whitefly noun windowing noun wokeism noun zoomer noun Words and meanings added in March 2024 airbrush verb, sense 2 artistic gymnastics noun ASMR noun back four noun back nine noun back pass noun bench verb blue line noun blueliner noun boss verb, sense 2 on brand idiom capstone project noun card verb, sense 2 cauldron noun, sense 2 center ice noun chest verb Chinese New Year noun comebacker noun community police officer noun CPAP noun crawl verb, sense 5 crew chief noun D2C abbreviation data breach noun data miner noun deaf-blind adjective Decision Review System noun defenceman noun degrowth noun direct-to-consumer adjective disc golf noun DRS noun empty-netter noun eventer noun figure skater noun filler noun, sense 3 fill-in noun fitness test noun fixed-rate adjective floor exercise noun forward pass noun free hit noun friend zone noun front nine noun fungible adjective garbage time noun genset noun giant-killing noun goalscoring adjective go-karting noun golf bag noun GP noun, sense 2 green fee noun guard verb, sense 3 hazmat noun head fake noun hedge verb, sense 4 heel turn noun helping noun, sense 2 heptathlete noun heteronormative adjective high-impact adjective horizontal adjective, sense 2 huddle verb, sense 3 hurler noun IM noun, sense 3 improvised explosive device noun inch-perfect adjective inclusivity noun index noun, sense 6 individual medley noun infielder noun intercept verb, senses 2 and 3 interception noun, senses 2 and 3 IP noun IPTV noun Islamophobic adjective juice noun, senses 6, 7 and 8 knockout noun, sense 3 lifter noun line judge noun livestreamer noun logger noun, sense 2 long adjective, senses 7 and 8 loop verb, senses 3 and 4 loot noun, sense 4 loot box noun Lunar New Year noun lunge noun, sense 3 mailer noun, senses 1 and 4 match day noun me-too noun microblade verb microblading noun mocap noun motion capture noun multiscreen adjective oddsmaker noun ODI noun offensive coordinator noun Olympic village noun one-dayer noun overindulgence noun pane noun, sense 2 para- prefix, sense 3 para-athlete noun Paralympic adjective parachute verb, sense 3 patch verb, sense 2 pen noun, sense 4 pinch hitter noun player-coach noun postgame adjective postgame noun post-match adjective press reset idiom rabona noun reception noun, sense 7 red flag noun, sense 2 rehydrate verb repêchage noun rescue dog noun reset noun rest verb, sense 2 rhythmic gymnastics noun running shoe noun scammer noun scrape verb, sense 7 self-guided adjective showjumper noun signal-caller noun situationship noun six-pointer noun slopestyle noun snowboard cross noun spawn verb, sense 3 spill the tea idiom split decision noun sports bra noun sports shoe noun staged adjective stan noun stan verb starting line noun streamer noun, senses 3 and 4 the Summer Olympics noun super over noun sweary adjective three-pointer noun tip-off noun, sense 2 tour noun, sense 4 trackside noun trackside adjective, adverb trifecta noun true wireless noun try line noun Twenty20™ noun T20™ abbreviation ultra-processed food noun undercard noun under-strength adjective UPF noun VTuber noun Web 3.0 noun WhatsApp™ noun, sense 2 wingman noun the Winter Olympics noun wrist shot noun Words and meanings added in September 2023 adventure tourism noun affiliate marketing noun affirm verb, sense 3 against preposition, sense 7 and 8 AGV noun air fryer noun air quality index noun airside noun airside adjective, adverb airtime noun, sense 3 anaphylactic shock noun anosmia noun AQI noun art school noun assemblage noun, sense 2, 3, 4 asset base noun attention span noun autonomous guided vehicle noun banner noun, sense 2 be drowning in something idiom bike share noun bike sharing noun BIPOC abbreviation brand identity noun brand loyalty noun brand recognition noun BRT noun buff noun, sense 3 buff verb, sense 2 building noun, sense 3 bus rapid transit noun business-critical adjective buzzed adjective capital budget noun capital ratio noun car club noun charging point noun charging station noun ChatGPT noun city bike noun city farm noun client-side adjective content management system noun cut noun, sense 8 cybersecurity noun cycling shorts noun dairy-free adjective danfo noun data lake noun data masking noun data obfuscation noun deadname verb debuff noun debuff verb decongestion noun deep learning noun delist verb destination charge noun digital well-being noun drip noun, sense 3 drive noun, sense 3 drop verb, sense 15 economy of scale noun e-ink™ noun e-liquid noun escalate verb, sense 2 e-scooter noun EV charger noun executive decision noun false flag noun fault tolerance noun fault tolerant adjective federal aid noun file manager noun first aid kit noun fixed penalty noun flight control noun flight number noun flight plan noun free-range adjective, sense 2 fuel-efficient adjective garbage patch noun gas tank noun gear change noun gender-nonconforming adjective genetic modification noun gluten-free adjective graphic designer noun hire car noun holiday club noun hot hatch noun invasive adjective, sense 3 jitney noun key performance indicator noun KO verb KPI noun lander noun landside noun landside adjective, adverb laneway noun large language model noun launch vehicle noun LGBTQIA+ abbreviation live chat noun LLM noun, sense 2 low traffic neighbourhood noun LTN noun maglev noun mainstreaming noun maskless adjective means testing noun meltdown noun, sense 3 meme stock noun mentor verb micromobility noun mixed reality noun moving violation noun navigation system noun nerf verb nerf noun net zero noun one-party adjective organized religion noun ourself pronoun overtourism noun park noun, sense 6 parkway noun, sense 2 party list noun patient advocate noun petrolhead noun petrol tank noun PFI noun pre-existing adjective private finance initiative noun Q & A noun recumbent noun refresh rate noun rental car noun ride-hail noun ride-hailing noun ride-share verb ride-share noun ride-sharing noun seiyuu noun server-side adjective sideload verb skimmer noun smart motorway noun SOP noun standard operating procedure noun surgical adjective, sense 2 tall ship noun tat noun, sense 2 tatted adjective third rail noun time management noun tourer noun vape juice noun vape pen noun vice principal noun voice actor noun Words and meanings added in March 2023 ableist adjective academic freedom noun agri-food noun aid agency noun alert noun, sense 3 almond milk noun asexuality noun asleep adjective, sense 2 attached adjective, sense 3 biometrics noun biphobia noun breakout room noun burner noun, sense 3 character assassination noun coconut milk noun coercive control noun coffee culture noun colorism noun colourism noun commonality noun computer-aided adjective conversion therapy noun county line noun county lines noun courtside noun courtside adjective, adverb culture war noun dating noun decolonize verb deplatform verb digital asset noun digital detox noun direction of travel noun division of labour noun doomscrolling noun DQ noun DQ verb dry noun error-prone adjective escape room noun evidence-based adjective fact-check noun fact-check verb faith-based adjective faith group noun family therapy noun fasting noun fathering noun fearmongering noun fentanyl noun follow request noun gigafactory noun girl crush noun the glass is half-empty idiom the glass is half-full idiom goal-line technology noun grade inflation noun break ground idiom group stage noun hetero adjective housing ladder noun implicit bias noun inclusive education noun income stream noun ink noun, sense 2 ink verb, sense 3 inking noun interconnectedness noun internally displaced person noun Islamophobia noun island noun, sense 3 issuance noun kink noun, sense 4 laser pointer noun lean into something phrasal verb libertarian adjective lie flat idiom life lesson noun lifelong learning noun life partner noun lifestyle disease noun liminal adjective the male gaze noun malvertising noun man crush noun manufactured home noun memory foam noun MFA abbreviation microbial adjective MLK Day noun mod noun, sense 2 mod verb, sense 2 modder noun mood swing noun multi-factor authentication noun mutual aid noun nation-building noun nativism noun needle exchange noun notification noun, sense 2 oat milk noun pass noun, sense 7 peak adjective, sense 2 phone mast noun precarity noun prepper noun price cap noun property ladder noun push alert noun push notification noun rape culture noun reel noun, sense 2 remote adjective, sense 4 remotely adverb, sense 2 revenge porn noun rough sleeping noun sea bass noun shapewear noun social engineering noun, sense 2 social isolation noun spelt noun stepdad noun stepmum noun sticker noun, sense 2 stranger danger noun takedown noun, senses 2 and 3 thought experiment noun transgressive adjective troll factory noun troll farm noun tweeter noun, sense 2 unfancied adjective upskirt adjective upskirting noun VAR noun victim blaming noun video assistant referee noun white privilege noun wildlife corridor noun windfall tax noun XXL abbreviation Words and meanings added in August 2022 airplane mode noun approval rating noun autoplay noun be above/beyond somebody's pay grade idiom bibimbap noun blank check company noun blockchain noun bulgogi noun business cycle noun cold chain noun comorbidity noun content marketing noun core competency noun corporate culture noun crony capitalism noun crypto noun C-suite noun digital currency noun digital media noun digital nomad noun digital wallet noun electronic payment noun elevator pitch noun energy-saving adjective e-payment noun e-wallet noun exceptionalism noun face recognition noun facial recognition noun featured adjective feedlot noun feedstock noun foldable adjective food parcel noun fuel efficiency noun future-proofing noun global economy noun good-sized adjective hallyu noun hanbok noun headline adjective hump day noun hybrid working noun international law noun involuntary manslaughter noun jab verb, sense 2 K- prefix K-beauty noun K-drama noun the Korean wave noun lateral flow test noun market-leading adjective menstrual cycle noun metaverse noun middle-income adjective mukbang noun net worth noun newborn noun new economy noun news cycle noun NFT noun non-fungible token noun operating profit noun organized crime noun PCR test noun phase something down phrasal verb power lunch noun price gouging noun proceed to something phrasal verb recapitalization noun recount noun rentable adjective resource person noun risk management noun (have) skin in the game idiom SPAC noun spambot noun terms and conditions noun time off noun town hall noun, sense 2 Ts and Cs noun underemployment noun use case noun vaccine passport noun value chain noun vax noun vax verb watch list noun won noun zoonosis noun zoonotic adjective Words and meanings added in March 2022 Afrofuturism noun Afrofuturist noun Afrofuturist adjective all-you-can-eat adjective arancini noun banh mi noun barangay noun barbacoa noun bayanihan noun bento noun bua noun caprese adjective castmate noun chachi noun chakka jam noun chicken rice noun cold brew noun comfort room noun craft brewery noun damad noun Delta noun, sense 3 Dev noun djembe noun dragon fruit noun eat-in adjective, sense 2 felicitate verb festival of lights noun food porn noun food technologist noun food technology noun food truck noun food-grade adjective fried rice noun gravitational wave noun Greek yogurt noun gur noun HDB noun homestay noun, sense 2 hose down phrasal verb jamai noun kefir noun Kollywood noun kopitiam noun maa noun maasi noun mabuhay exclamation macaron noun main road noun mama2 noun mami noun masa1 noun masa2 noun milk tea noun nana2 noun nasi lemak noun Omicron noun, sense 2 Paleo diet noun pandanus noun panna cotta noun pecorino noun pho noun phupha noun pigs in blankets noun plate verb, sense 3 rendang noun roaster noun sambal noun sari-sari store noun schnitzel noun seeded adjective, sense 3 shohar noun slider noun, sense 4 slider noun, sense 5 steak knife noun sticky rice noun sticky toffee pudding noun street food noun tikka masala noun trail mix noun tzatziki noun Wagyu noun yuzu noun Zion noun Words and meanings added in August 2021 abuzz adjective after-party noun alderwoman noun allyship noun alt- combining form alternative rock noun alt-rock noun amp something up phrasal verb athleisure™ noun aw exclamation, sense 2 aww exclamation between jobs idiom BRICS abbreviation brush something off phrasal verb buzzworthy adjective buzzy adjective call to action noun cheater noun come off (as something) phrasal verb crossover noun, sense 2 cross-play noun deepfake noun digital disruption adjective disrupt verb, sense 2 disruption noun, sense 2 disruptor noun do a number on somebody/something idiom do somebody/yourself out of a job idiom double down (on something) phrasal verb duck out phrasal verb the feels noun fidget spinner noun flash sale noun flight shame noun forever home noun four-legged friend noun gender reveal noun GOAT noun handsy adjective happy place noun hustle noun, sense 2 hydropower noun hyperlocal adjective incel noun intersectional adjective intersectionality noun job security noun Juneteenth noun keyless adjective layer up phrasal verb loungewear noun low-carbon adjective mash something up phrasal verb meet verb, sense 9 meta adjective mockumentary noun the next big thing noun next up idiom non-core adjective nuanced adjective on fire idiom paraprofessional noun paraprofessional adjective payor noun person of interest idiom restorative justice noun side hustle noun silent auction noun smize verb smize noun snuggly adjective social justice noun steal noun, sense 1 suspenseful adjective the Bank of Mum and Dad idiom thusly adverb trippy adjective unboxing noun unencrypted adjective unhinged adjective up your game idiom Words and meanings added in March 2021 ALS noun amyotrophic lateral sclerosis noun anti-vaccine adjective ASD abbreviation as if! idiom authenticate verb autism spectrum disorder noun BDD abbreviation be invested in something phrasal verb binary noun, sense 2 blue Monday noun body dysmorphic disorder noun bot noun, sense 3 bubble with somebody/something phrasal verb burpee noun cancel verb, sense 4 cancel culture noun circuit noun, sense 6 circuit breaker noun, sense 2 climate action noun climate change denial noun clinical trial noun condole verb CrossFit™ noun defund verb eco-anxiety noun epinephrine noun EpiPen™ noun extra adjective, sense 2 femicide noun flare noun, sense 5 foam roller noun gender binary noun high-intensity interval training noun HIIT noun history noun, sense 7 home entertainment noun hot mess noun informed consent noun in-person adjective internet of things noun interval noun, sense 5 IoT noun kettlebell noun kill it idiom kinesiology noun life-changing adjective life-limiting adjective live-tweet verb lock down phrasal verb long Covid noun Lou Gehrig's disease noun messed-up adjective mess with somebody's head idiom mind-altering adjective MND abbreviation mountain climber noun muscle memory noun net-zero adjective neurodiverse adjective neurodiversity noun neurotypical adjective next-generation adjective on the spectrum idiom opioid noun opioid adjective passcode noun physically distanced adjective plank noun, sense 3 positivity noun preferred pronoun noun relatable adjective remote learning noun rep noun, sense 4 rewatch verb rewatch noun rosacea noun SaaS noun self-care noun socially distanced adjective soft play noun support bubble noun Tabata™ noun take something to the next level idiom toxicity noun, sense 3 toxic masculinity noun trigger verb, sense 3 underappreciated adjective unmute verb voice message noun watch noun, sense 4 young adult noun, adjective zero-emission adjective Words and meanings added in October 2020 air bridge noun, sense 2 air corridor noun, sense 2 ALPR noun ANPR noun assistance dog noun automatic license plate recognition noun automatic number plate recognition noun bubble noun, sense 5 C-19 noun click and collect noun contact tracer noun co-parenting noun Covid noun dockless bike noun e-sport noun face covering noun face mask noun, sense 1 farm shop noun filter noun, sense 5 free-from adjective friend request noun frontline adjective gaslight verb gaslighting noun gender expression noun gender-fluid adjective genderless adjective genderqueer adjective gender studies noun Generation Xer noun Generation Yer noun Generation Z noun Generation Zer noun Gen Xer noun Gen Yer noun Gen Z noun Gen Zer noun inclusionary adjective inshallah exclamation inspo noun Ironman™ noun JOMO abbreviation knock-off noun K-pop noun Latinx noun Latinx adjective LBGTQI abbreviation LGBTQIA abbreviation man of colour noun microaggression noun mindful adjective, sense 2 misgender verb modern slavery noun Mx abbreviation pansexual adjective pansexual noun pansexuality noun parent verb person of colour noun physical distancing noun plant-based adjective play the race card idiom queer adjective, sense 3 queerness noun R noun, sense 2 red zone noun, sense 2 R number noun SARS-CoV-2 noun shield verb, sense 3 social bubble noun spoiler alert noun superspreader noun tab noun, sense 2 take a/the knee idiom third gender noun transphobia noun ultramarathon noun unconscious bias noun virtue signalling noun wassup exclamation whassup exclamation woman of colour noun YouTuber noun Words and meanings added in May 2020 community spread noun community transmission noun contact tracing noun corona noun, sense 2 coronavirus noun COVID-19 noun covidiot noun deep-clean verb elbow bump noun elbump noun flatten the curve idiom hand gel noun hand sanitizer noun health professional noun herd immunity noun hot zone noun nCoV noun panic buying noun patient zero noun personal protective equipment noun PPE noun self-isolate verb self-isolation noun self-quarantine noun self-quarantine verb shelter in place idiom social distance noun social distancing noun wet market noun WFH abbreviation work from home idiom Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Browse Dictionaries & Grammar Opens in a new window Search Box Opens in a new window System Requirements Opens in a new window Contact Us Opens in a new window More from us Oxford Learner's Dictionaries API Opens in a new window English Language Teaching Opens in a new window Oxford Teacher's Club Opens in a new window Oxford Languages Opens in a new window OUP Worldwide Opens in a new window Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. 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