Recent Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary
This type of camping for the pampered dates to 2005
GLAMPING
"The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" (1994)
FRIENDS
Whitman: "Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, walk the deck my ____ lies, fallen cold and dead"
CAPTAIN
"Better safe than" this
SORRY
This California team's name is a nod to Catholic missionaries once prevalent in the area
PADRES
The act of ending a relationship by abruptly cutting off all communication has had this name since 2012
GHOSTING
"12:00 A.M.-1:00 A.M." (2001)
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Eliot: "April is the ____ ____ breeding lilacs out of the dead land"
CRUELEST MONTH
It "is always greener on the other side"
THE GRASS
In 1890 this fellow team from Pennsylvania earned their team name when they stole a player from Philadelphia's team
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
2012 gave us this alliterative term for the device that lets you take a turnaround photo from a better angle
SELFIE STICK
"Meet the Bunkers" (1971)
ALL IN THE FAMILY
Silverstein: "There is a place where ____ ____ ____ and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white"
SIDEWALK ENDS
A ROCK
This team, who plays their home games in Phoenix, is named for a viper with a rattle at the end of its tail
Diamondbacks
This gendered word for condescendingly expounding has only been around since 2008
MANSPLAINING
"Panic at Malibu Pier" (1989)
BAYWATCH
Kipling: "Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and--which is more--you'll be a ____, ____ ____!"
MAN, MY SON
It "doesn't fall far from the tree"
This team, who plays their games in Arlington, is named after a law enforcement agency that dates back to the 1820s
Rangers
Folks have been making these catalogs of things to do before they die since 2006
BUCKET LISTS
"Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" (2016)
STRANGER THINGS
Byron: "She walks in ____, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies"
BEAUTY
"The proof" is in this dessert treat
The name of this team, which now plays their games in California, honors those who had to evade the NYC trolleys back in the day
LOS ANGELES DODGERS (formerly BROOKLYN DODGERS)