A few new words and meanings—45,437 to be exact—have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, report the mainstream media.
LOL is one, which I have always taken to mean little old lady, and have almost always used it in that context.
Turns out that that was what the acronym originally stood for, according to the OED. And to think, so many of you thought I was merely being humorous.
The changes do mean that Wag is now written in upper- and lowercase. I had written WAG, in capitals.
Since our publications follow Hart’s Rules, which in turn use the OED as its arbiter on spelling, we’ll have to change accordingly.
The last time I had to make any major change was when website was added. Prior to that, we had written web site in this company.
And for us antipodeans, I am glad to note that flat white has now been added. No longer shall there be confusion from others in the Anglosphere.
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This sounds like progress to me.