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Graham Harding, from Berkshire, said he welcomed the latest additions to the dictionary. "It's just the way that English moves over the years," he said. "Whether it's text speak... they've become ...

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Bhubaneswar: Often words are morphed, merged or muddled for the lingo to evolve in accordance with the trends adopted or ...