美辭典新增千字 收錄多個網絡用語如掩面「face-palm」
美國權威辭典Merriam-Webster周二(7日)宣佈新增1,000個新詞彙到網絡辭典,新增詞語涵蓋政治、體育及技術範疇,亦有不少網絡用語。最新收錄詞彙有掩面(face-palm)、側眼望(side-eye)及煲劇(binge-watch)等。
Merriam-Webster每年增加不多於50個新詞彙,今年新增大量詞彙,Merriam-Webster編輯表示是因為「反映英文詞彙之廣,並趕上我們最求資訊的速度」。以下為部份新增詞彙:
掩面(face-palm)
為人熟悉的掩面emoji「face-palm」今年打入Merriam-Webster。根據辭典,face-palm可用作名詞或動詞,意思是用手掩蓋臉孔,表達尷尬、沮喪、惱怒之情。
例句:But her body language was not good from the start on Saturday. She face-palmed after missing one forehand early, then shook her head after another errant shot.
側眼望(side-eye)
另一入圍emoji字詞是側眼望,辭典解釋側眼望是用以表示藐視、懷疑、不認同或好奇,同樣可以用作名詞或動詞。
例句:The guy who stole your heart as the class clown can seem like just a clown out of his original context, like when people are giving him side-eye for cracking lame jokes in the hostess line.
煲劇(binge-watch)
隨著網絡串流影片發展,不少人改變了看電視的習慣,何時何地都可以在網上重溫電視節目,一不小心更會一次過看完整套劇集。Binge-watch就是連續看很多集、或看完所有電視劇集數的行為,亦即廣東話的煲劇。
例句:Even those of us who have bundled TV and broadband-Internet subscriptions from telephone or cable companies increasingly use them to binge-watch Netflix shows like Orange Is the New Black on an iPad …
拍照時亂入(photobomb)
外國不少明星經常亂入照片,被媒體報道,令photobomb照片在社交媒體瘋傳。Photobomb意思是指在按下快門的一刻,抱著惡作劇或開玩笑心態,進入拍攝畫面搶鏡,可以用作名詞或動詞。
例句:… one of his favorite pranks was to “photobomb” other fans—sneaking into the background of their photographs …
斷絕來往(ghost)
Ghost原本是指鬼魂,但Merriam-Webster就最新加入網上流行用法,意思是突然與某人斷絕聯繫(例如是前度),斷絕來往者不會接聽電話、不回電、收到即時訊息亦只會「已讀不回」。
例句:No one wants to be ghosted, mostly because it sucks to admit that the person you gushed about last week is now pretending you don’t exist …