Tech terms ' bloggable ' and ' sexting ' included in the OED

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Technology increasing influence on our daily lives was recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary as terms such as ' trackpad ', ' bloggable ' and ' sexting ' is included in the OED's digital versions for the first time.

With technology related terms, becoming a factor always present in our daily lives, today also saw the inclusion of the dictionary of malicious computer ' scareware ', a term for an internet user ' onliner ' and ' cyber bullying ' and ' cybersecurity '.

Talking about the technology of incursions inspired words and phrases have transformed into the English language, George Fletcher, a spokeswoman for Oxford Dictionaries Online, said: "we have added over 1,000 new words because the site was launched in May."

She went on to add: "we are also seeing very fast movement of new vocabulary on a global basis, with the expansion of social media." Texting has had a major influence on language over the past nine months with ' tbh fnarr fnarr ' and ' ' accession ' sexting ' as OED inclusions.

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Via: Metro