The becoming popularity of electronic cigarettes has now started the notice of the admirable Oxford Dictionaries, which has picked "vape" as the word of the year for 2014. The word can be a noun or a verb; it prevailed over contenders, for example, "bae" and "normcore."
Noting that e-cigarettes have made some amazing progress since the early 1980s, when the "vape" was initially inhaled into life, the folks at Oxford Dictionaries say it took briefly for the new market, and the new word, to develop.
"A hole developed in the dictionary, as an issue was needed to depict this action, and recognize it from "smoking," " as per the lexicon's announcement. "The word vape emerged to fill this hole, and it has proliferated along with the propensity."
In the event that you've never frequented a vape shop, the word can apply both to breathing an e-cigarette's vapor and to an e-cigarette gadget.
"I especially love viewing a word like "vape" make etymological thump on impacts, such as listening to the word "tobacco" now used to qualify "cigarette," " says Casper Grathwohl, president of the Dictionaries Division at Oxford University Press. "Anyway in the not so distant future "vape" likewise served as a clever window onto how we characterize ourselves."
For more iconic issues, here are the words that Oxford Dictionaries says are the wannabes of 2014:
bae, noun:
Utilized as an issue of charm for one's sentimental accomplice.
budtender, noun:
An individual whose employment is to serve clients in a cannabis dispensary or shop.
contactless, descriptive word:
Identifying with or including advances that permit a savvy card, cellular telephone, and so forth to contact remotely to an electronic peruser, ordinarily to make an installment.
indyref, noun:
The submission on Scottish freedom, held in Scotland on 18 September 2014, in which voters were asked to answer yes or no to the inquiry "Ought to Scotland be a free nation?"
normcore, noun:
A pattern in which normal, unfashionable garments is worn as an issue style proclamation.
slacktivism, noun, informal:
Activities performed by means of the Internet in backing of a political or social cause however viewed as obliging little time or contribution, e.g. marking an online appeal to or joining a crusade aggregate on a social networking site.
Source: NPR