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12 words from Caribbean and Bermuda enter the Oxford English Dictionary
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More than a dozen English words long-used in Bermuda and the Caribbean found their way into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016, joining last year's set in the definitive record of the English language. Bimpert , from Bermuda, refers to a stupid or foolish person, as found in the traditional phrase "A bimpert is justah wuffless bye" (just a worthless boy) and Hornerman , attested in Trinidad since 1975 and referring to an unfaithful man, got top billing in coverage. — Read the rest The post 12 words from Caribbean and Bermuda enter the Oxford English Dictionary appeared first on Boing Boing .
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