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A ccording to a recent online article, one key to aging well is to “try challenging your brain by learning something new like a language, instrument or hobby. It’s never too late to
contribution may have been “groovy.”) Sometimes they take existing words and rede- fine them; my kids said “bad” when they meant “good.” When a Cleveland Guardians baseball player was booed by New York Yankee fans recently, instead of being up- set he declared, “That was so sick. That was honestly like a dream come true.”
take care of your brain.” Although I’m not entirely convinced what’s left in my brain is worth taking care of, I decided to follow that advice
ting “punked.” The internet is infested with “trolls” and “memes.” Just when I was beginning to understand the difference between “ghost- ing” and “gaslighting” I was stumped by “glamping.”
chaels was getting “bodied” by Taylor Swift fans for a comment he made during Thursday Night Football. So I had to go online to dis- cover that “bodied” meant, “When someone gets utter- ly destroyed in something,” although it also could mean getting worn out on the dance floor or getting drunk. But don’t confuse it with “bodged,”which means “to have rushed and/or badly completed a task.”
by learning a new language. English.
Fortunately, there’s a re- source called UrbanThesau- rus with helpful definitions for words such as “steezy” and “swabble.” So when I came across the word “wobreg,” I searched it and learned it meant:
I once was fluent in that language and many of the esti- mated 170,000 English words currently in use still are stored in my brain, although I’m not sure where some of them are up there and it’s taking longer to find the ones I’ m looking for than it once did.
“Hacking” was something that bad people did to you on your computer, I used to think, but then I discovered that now it’s a synonym for a helpful hint.
“Somebody who used to like screamo, got into the Dubstep scene in 2010 and now will only listen to a tune if it has been made using a Ro- land tr-808.”
But lately, it seems, words are being created or altered faster than I can misplace them. People are “throwing shade,” “dishing tea” and get-
But a recent report on a site called FanSided.com forced me to concede I’m fighting a losing battle.
Every generation has add- ed new words to the English language, of course. (My generation’s most notable
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Just when I was beginning to understand the difference between “ghosting” and “gaslighting,” I was stumped by “glamping.”
According to the story’s headline, sportscaster Al Mi-
Maybe I should just try learning Swahili.
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