The Oxford English Dictionary has legitimized pop people, polysexuals and hard-asses everywhere by adding the colorful descriptions to its online edition.
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Among the 1,000 entries announced by Editor-at-Large Jesse Sheidlower Wednesday are bada-bing, "suggesting something happening suddenly, emphatically, or easily and predictably"; carpet bombing, beer pong, Wi-Fi, bling and plumber's crack.
"The English language changes and evolves all the time and the Oxford English Dictionary has to keep up," Sheidlower said. "Our editors are currently going through the entire alphabet bit by bit, writing new entries and revising existing ones in order to stay current.
"It's a massive job and will take years, if not decades, to complete -- at which point we'll start over again."
