Jesse Camp, your services are really no longer needed.The dictionary gets updated, just like a radio playlist–remember when “bootylicious” made it in? For the upcoming 12th edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, newfangled jargon like jeggings, sexting, and mankini have made the cut, but in order to make room for the new kids, some words are getting the boot. In the music world, these two phrases have officially gotten the axe:video jockey: a person who introduces and plays music videos on televisioncassette player: a machine for playing back or recording audio cassetteAccording to Angus Stevenson, the head of dictionary projects at the Oxford University Press, words related to “obsolete technology” will eventually get the cut, so, there you have it. For posterity’s sake, though, the phrases will still remain in the gigantic Oxford English Dictionary, so there’s that for Carson Daly’s consolation. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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