You can now officially look up the words "liveblog," "FaceTime" and "cyberbully" in the Collins Dictionary. How ridiculously "amazeballs" (another new word) is that?
Throughout this past summer, Collins Dictionary, founded in 1819, opened up its word submission process to the public for anyone longing to "be part of the evolution" of daily language, according to the project's website.
After Collins received over 4,400 requested terms in a two-month period, the publishers reviewed the submissions and approved the new words that would be added to the dictionary. The first batch of 86 "crowdsourced words and definitions" were released Monday, many of which are tech or social media-based, according to a press release.
But if you missed this summer's opportunity to make your mark on the English language, don't fret. You've still got time to be "impactful" since the company plans to maintain a continuous word submission process.
“Because CollinsDictionary.com now accepts submissions on an ongoing basis, we will be able to better monitor emerging words as the pace of change within the English language continues to accelerate," stated head of digital Alex Brown in the press release.
Despite the company's enthusiasm, your computer's spellcheck still might not believe "gazang" or "hangry" are actual words. And don't even get us started on smartphone autocorrect.
So what words did the English-speaking people of the world submit? Check out the slideshow below of 13 new terms that will appear in the Collins Dictionary, then tell us what you think about these words: Are we slandering the English language or keeping an antiquated system relevant? Sound off in the comments section, or tweet your favorite words to us at [@HuffPostTech]. Also, if you want to submit your own terms to Collins, visit the submissions page (here).
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Photobomb
Definition: "To intrude into the background of a photograph without the subject's knowledge."
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Facebook
Definition: A popular social networking website (noun). To search for (a person's profile) on the Facebook website (verb). To use the Facebook website (verb).
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Superphone
Definition: A telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Lolz
Definition: A variant spellinɡ of lulz, or to laugh at someone else's or one's own expense.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Cyberstalking
Definition: The practice of using electronic communications to harass someone persistently.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Twittersphere
Definition: Another name for the Twitterverse, or the social networking site Twitter and its users.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Cyberbully
Definition: Someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute or intimidate people.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Bing
Definition: A popular search engine on the internet (noun). To search for (something on the internet) using Bing (verb).
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Liveblog
Definition: To report (an event) in one's blog as it happens (verb). A blog in which events are reported as they happen (noun).
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Bashtag
Definition: (on the Twitter website) A hashtaɡ that is used for critical and abusive comments.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Captcha
Definition: A test in which the user of a website is asked to decipher a distorted image, used to protect the website against automated attacks.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Generation Z
Definition: Members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
Mummy Porn
Definition: A genre of erotic fiction designed to appeal to women.
All definitions from <a href="http://www.collinsdictionary.com/blog/whats-your-word,40,HCB.html" target="_hplink">Collins Dictionary</a>.
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