Every year, new words are added to the English language. To Word People, these are like new devices added to our Batman utility belts.
Here are a few of the new words that were added in 2014:
- big data
- catfish
- crowdfunding
- fracking
- freegan
- gamification
- hashtag
- pho
- poutine
- selfie
- social networking
- steampunk
- turducken
- tweep
- Yooper
Source: Merriam-Webster