'Jeggings' Waits To Receive Entry In Oxford English Dictionary

"Jeggings" is wait-listed to receive an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, the Guardian UK reports. The jeans-plus-leggings were popularized by super-skinny starlets earlier this year--and made enough of an impression on fashion outsiders during 2009 to perhaps be considered a real word.

"It has been another rich year," said linguistics specialist Susie Dent. "Last year, we found that 'credit crunch' was the most familiar new word, and the effect of the recession has stayed with us through 2009."

According to the Daily Mail UK, "jeggings," along with "staycation," "Tweetup" and "unfriend" will be closely monitored by lexicographers to see if they become permanent fixtures in the language or if their usages fade.

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[PresidentRobertBooth]

09:36 PM on 01/01/2010

Ladies

Don't wear jeggings.



They are inherantly uncool and if you wear them, I will deduct minus 100 Cool Points from your totals, and even worse, I probably won't make my charming moves on you.

[MitchellDotTel]

11:09 AM on 01/01/2010

Linguistics specialist Susie Dent failed to note that one new word that appeared in 2009 is, ironically, represented by her second name. Dent received the Beirut treatment in 2009.

Transformed from a proper noun to a verb, it most commonly appears in abbreviated form as the modifier RD, signifying that the preceding or following content is a re-dent or re-posting of an earlier entry on an open micro-blog (OMB) such as Identi.ca, where ‘dent’ originates.

Denting carries a legal distinction that Tweeting lacks. The rights to a dent or RD rest with the original poster, unlike a RT or re-Tweet where ownership rights are less well defined. To dent or re-dent can be seen as an attempt to maintain intellectual property rights over content, especially when that content subsequently appears within a proprietary environment such as Facebook.

[jukesgrrl]

06:09 PM on 01/01/2010

Interesting. Thanks for posting!

[omobob]

01:33 PM on 12/31/2009

Was Lohan ahead of the curve? lol.

[AverageCanadianGuy]

08:01 AM on 12/31/2009

This is the differance between English and French .... The French protect the purity of their language buy making it very difficult for a new slang/ghetto word to be accepted. English is like a lingistic vacuum cleaner.
This is one reason English is the language of the world in business.....flexibility with technical terms .....

[Pennsylvanianne]

07:51 AM on 12/31/2009

"Jeggings" is such a popular word that this is the first I've heard it (though I have seen this fashion disaster before). Jeggings, word and garment, should be banned. They flatter no one except adolescent girls who are size 0. And with the fattening of America, few girls are that size these days. Oxford English Dictionary, don't succumb to the dark side of fashion!

[LeftRight]

08:34 AM on 12/31/2009

You're right about everything except one point.... Those aren't even flattering to girls who are size zero.... Maybe if they are size negative 10....

[Pennsylvanianne]

09:02 AM on 12/31/2009

LOL! (and your avatar is great!)

[michelesda]

12:47 AM on 01/02/2010

Frankly Scarlett, I gotta believe that friends would look at me funny if I larded my speech with lingo like "jeggings" and "staycation." Hard to believe that such cutesy bastardized coinages have any real future in the language.

[Mountain Momma]

02:52 AM on 12/31/2009

Yeowch. Better also include "jeast infection."

[EnPointe]

08:38 AM on 12/31/2009

LMAO Happy New Year...

[KIVPossum]

02:36 AM on 12/31/2009

Jeggings? I thought they were just called 'tight jeans'. The style in Chisinau is for the girls look anorexic and walk around on bird legs, and these jeans are very popular. Not sure why a girl wants to advertise she has the legs and a55 of a 10 year old, but seems they enjoy it.

[Veri]

03:38 AM on 12/31/2009

How is Moldova these days? Kicking it back in Poland and have not seen 'jeggings' yet. Must say, though, that the Western diet is here and people are getting larger. Even my Polish friends are complaining about the 'largesse'.

[KIVPossum]

04:08 AM on 12/31/2009

Moldova is Moldova; beautiful, fascinating, fubar. Not a weight problem in the young people here - yet - but we only have 3 McDs for a city of a million. There is a Burger King opening. And junk food is becoming more common and affordable.

Still a girl-watcher's paradise. I'm an old man, so required by law to have a complete physical exam before I can venture out in springtime.

[GrownupStewie]

01:30 AM on 12/31/2009

seems like nothing is new under the sun, people wore these jeans years ago...

[KIVPossum]

04:10 AM on 12/31/2009

Back in the 60s my sister bought jeans that weren't preshrunk, then sat in a tub of hot water until they were form fitting.

[gage]

12:06 AM on 12/31/2009

This story is in place of the daily t1tty article.

[FoxyBrown]

12:04 AM on 12/31/2009

They're O.K. if you wear high boots and a swing coat or something that covers your hips. I've seen young college co eds in these things, but even if you are 18 years old, your rear end may not need total exposure.

[rzzza]

10:56 PM on 12/30/2009

all men who like their women in tight jeans...raise your hands and other bodily appendages

[hardlyhikin]

12:40 AM on 12/31/2009

Down with jeggings!

[RealityBaseCamp]

03:07 AM on 12/31/2009

"Do you like my Jeggings?"

"NO! Take them off at once!"

[Robin Anderson-Forbes]

10:07 PM on 12/30/2009

Only heard of the word twice. 1st time was a Brit article promoting these so called jeggings and the 2nd time was this article. Looks like regular skinny jeans to me. :)

[hackerblaster]

09:46 PM on 12/30/2009

I am sorry but girls with big butts should not be wearing these. I know, I am shallow.

[The Librarian]

09:37 PM on 12/30/2009

Whatever happened to just calling them "skinny jeans?" Heck, even "super skinny jeans" world work. But "jeggings?" No thanks. And besides, I've been seeing 14 year old emo kids at the mall wearing these for the past few years. Why is everyone just now jumping on the bandwagon?

[The Librarian]

09:41 PM on 12/30/2009

That should be "would work" not "world work."

[Havnagudtim]

12:48 AM on 12/31/2009

The latest thing is leggings that have been screen printed to look like jeans. I think this is what they are referring to, not jeans that are very skinny. Leggings decorated to look like jeans. Stupid idea, I saw it in the store and thought it looked stupid.

[physicsfem]

08:59 PM on 12/30/2009

I like skinny jeans, especially on thick girls with big booties. Personally I think they should make more skinny jeans for sizes 8-12.

Some may think that only size 2's should wear skinny jeans, but I'm glad women with curves don't listen to that type of one-dimensional aesthetic.

Swing those hips with pride, ladies!

[laaambchop]

09:22 PM on 12/30/2009

I think they look nasty on anyone...they make ones' butt look at least 40...squoosh