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Collins Dictionary adds 'friendslop' but 'mogging' wins Word of the Year

Original: 'Friendslop' Added to the Collins Dictionary, Beaten to Word of the Year by 'Mogging' Friendslop has been mogged hard by

Collins Dictionary has added the gaming slang term 'friendslop' to its lexicon, but the word lost its bid for Word of the Year to 'mogging'. The slang, used to describe low-effort multiplayer games played mainly for socialising with friends, was edged out in a contest dominated this year by internet and gaming vocabulary. Commenters are trading jokes about the rival slang terms and what their inclusion says about how online culture shapes language.

Why now: Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year announcement is drawing attention to how gaming and internet slang entered mainstream English

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• 'Friendslop' Added to the Collins Dictionary, Beaten to Word of the Year by 'Mogging' Friendslop has been mogged hard by mogging. Friendslop is chopped, and mogging is sigma. It’s cooked, and mogging has been hard mewing in its looksmaxxing era. One is sus and the other is… · gamewire@gamefan.net · 1

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