Englishpod英语文化脱口秀第267期:2015牛津年度十大新词

It's just as important as text itself:它和文字一样重要

It's been around since the 90's: emoji这个词90年代就有了

The reason emoji was selected: emoji这个词当选的原因

Loanword/borrowed word:外来词(从外语输入本国语言的词)

The usage of emoji has gone up a lot this year: 表情符号本身的使用频率大幅增长

Selection committee: 评选委员会

They chose emoji because it has replaced the use of text itself: 他们选择emoji因为表情符号的使用已经开始取代文字本身

Happy face: 笑脸

Sad face:苦脸

Face with tears of joy: 泪中带笑的表情符号

Subtlety: 精妙之处

Interpret: 解释、理解

除了emoji, 以下这些新词、热词也进入了牛津的榜单：

The Oxford Shortlist 其它上榜词汇

Lumbersexual (noun): a person who is sexy in a rugged lumberjack way. 伐木工性感范儿。形容不修边幅却性感的男人。

例句: Daniel Craig is a lumbersexual.

Rugged:不修边幅的

Metrosexual: 几年前的热词，形容爱打扮、精致的花样美男。

Lumberjack: 伐木工

Bushy beard: 大胡子

2. They (noun): describes a person of unspecified sex. 形容一个性别不容易分辨的人，看上去既像男的，又像女的。为了避免冒犯他/她，就可以用'they'来形容这个人。注意，这个词这里是形容单数、一个人。

例句: Is that a man or a woman? I don't know. It's a they.

3. Brexit (noun): Britain possiblly exits the European Union. 英国可能退出欧盟。

例句: Should Britian make a Brexit?

4. Sharing economy (noun): an economic system in which assets or services are shared betweenindividuals, either for free or for a fee, typically by means of the internet. 共享经济。

另外有个常用的类似概念：the Uberization of the economy (优步模式经济)

5. Refugee (noun): a person who is forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution ornatural disasters 难民。

媒体常提refugee crisis: 难民危机

6. Ad blocker (noun): A piece of software that prevents advertisements from appearing on aweb page. 广告过滤软件。

7. The dark web (noun): the part of the internet only accessible by a special piece of software. 暗网。

8. On fleek (adjective): extremely good, attractive or stylish. 潮、有范儿。

例句: You're looking on fleek today.