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Beer & “Wine o’clock” added to Oxford English Dictionary

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Sonoma Valley Sun

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Rejoice! “Wine o’clock” and “beer o’clock” have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Dictionary defines “wine o’clock” as “an appropriate time of the day for starting to drink wine.”

Other foodie/boozie related words that were added, include:

  • Awesomesauce: extremely good, excellent
  • Cakeage: a charge made by a restaurant for serving cake they did not supply themselves
  • Cupcakery: a bakery that specializes in cupcakes
  • Hangry: bad-tempered or irritable as the result of hunger
  • Weak sauce: something that is of a poor or disappointing standard or quality

These are just a few of the 1,000 new words that were added to the Dictionary. Discover more via oxforddictionaries.com.




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