Dictionary’s fresh definitions include more than 100 words related to parenting, but Mumsnet users’ neologisms for toilet disasters stay on watch list
From “poonami” to “shitastrophy”, the venerable editors of the Oxford English Dictionary found themselves deluged with words relating to the explosive contents of nappies when they turned to parenting forum Mumsnet to ask which words and phrases should be considered for inclusion in their latest update.
Because many of the terms that form part of the everyday vocabulary of parenting are relatively recent coinages, according to the dictionary, the OED has not included them in earlier editions. But feeling that the “newer arrivals reflect not only medical advances, but also developments in how we think about children and view their place in our society”, its lexicographers were “keen to capture the imprint of these changes and developments on the English language”.
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