Some Words are inspired by technology are among the 400 added to the newest Concise Oxford English Dictionary. The word “RETWEET”to pass on a message on Twitter, and textspeak – a language that typically young people use to talk lyk dis. “These additions are just carrying on the tradition of a dictionary that has always sought to be progressive,” said OED editor Angus Stevenson. “Social networking sites have created a real language of the net,” he explained in a blog post. “We’ve noticed that new words come into currency much more quickly as a result of the internet, as people see friends, or friends of friends using new words and copy them.”
