Update: OMG! LOL! FYI the Oxford English Dictionary Added New Words!

According to the OED‘s site, the newest edition of the dictionary revises more than 1,900 entries and includes a ton of new words, including LOL, OMG and FYI. These words often uses in online form, as a shortform of Laughing Out Loud, Oh My God and For Your Information.

According to the OED’s blog post - “The intention is usually to signal an informal, gossipy mode of expression, and perhaps parody the level of unreflective enthusiasm or overstatement that can sometimes appear in online discourse, while at the same time marking oneself as an ‘insider’ au fait with the forms of expression associated with the latest technology.” These three will be joined with other entries such as IMHO, TMI and BFF which also carries some meaning which can be found online or in informal discussion.

The heart sign (read: <3), however, is perhaps the most interesting addition. This update may be the first English usage to develop via the medium of T-shirts and bumper-stickers. Personally, I'm looking forward for the next edition, which hopefully can include some more of internet lingo such as tl;dr, TITS OR GTFO, STFU, nufags useful shortform in the language.

Update: OED added the word 'hentai' too in their latest update. Oxford's online entry for hentai is as follows;

Pronunciation: /hɛnˈtʌɪ/
noun
[mass noun]
a subgenre of the Japanese genres of manga and anime, characterized by overtly sexualized characters and sexually explicit images and plots.
Origin:
1990s: Japanese, literally 'abnormal, perverted'

 This is the new Japanese/anime terms addition after otaku in 2004 and hikikomori in 2010

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'Sakit hati' boleh lapor pada SKMM

Penulis blog Mohd Nur Hanief Abdul Jalil mendakwa beliau disiasat tiga jam oleh Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) kerana ada yang "sakit hati" tentang kandungan blognya.

"Mereka (SKMM) kata ada orang yang laporkan saya sebab 'sakit hati'.

"Kalau orang ada sakit hati tentang gambar atau kandungan blog mereka kata boleh laporkan pada SKMM untuk disiasat," kata Hanief.

Dalam soal-siasat pagi jam 10 pagi tadi di ibu pejabat SKMM di Cyberjaya, Hanief hadir berseorangan kerana peguamnya N Surendran tidak dapat hadir.

Katanya, walaupun bapanya dibenarkan hadir sama tetapi beliau memilih menjalani sesi itu berseorangan.

SKMM menolak permohonan Surendran supaya siasatan itu ditunda ke masa lain supaya beliau dapat turut serta.

Hanief, 27, bagaimanapun berpendapat cara SKMM menangani kes itu seperti mahu menakut-nakutkan penulis blog. - mkini

Mampus kalau ada orang tak puas hati dengan blog gua. Masuk lokap la nampaknya gua nanti.

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Lee Chong Wei Grabs Two Consecutive All-England Title

Malaysian's Lee Chong Wei grabs his two consecutive All-England title after beating his nemesis Lin Dan in a straight set  21-17, 21-17, crushing the ace of China from becoming the first shuttler in nearly 40 years to win the oldest badminton title for the fifth time. Lee Chong Wei, despite becoming the world first-ranked player, has only won 8 from 23 matches with Lin Dan since 2004. "I played safe today, I didn't go for the points at all," Lee said. "But I was mentally strong this time."

 

Results (All finals)
 

Men
Singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) bt Lin Dan (China) 21-17, 21-17
Doubles: Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) bt Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (Mas) 15-21, 21-18, 21-18

Women
Singles: Wang Shixian (China) bt Eriko Hirose (Japan) 24-22, 21-19
Doubles: Yu Yang-Wang Xiaoli (China) bt Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa 21-2, 21-9 

Mixed doubles: Xu Chen-Ma Jin (China) bt Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam (Thai) 21-13, 21-9

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8.9 Earthquake struck Japan triggering a Tsunami Alert

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan early morning on 11 March 2011. This earthquake, probably one of the 5 biggest earthquakes in thousand years, triggered a tsunami that sweeping all cars, houses and killing hundreds. Click on the pictures below to enlarge.

Images source: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html

Latest Wikipedia official page (prior 10:47A.M. GMT+8) states that more than 637 has been found dead, and more than 10,000 are currently missing (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake). An aftershock happens to infect some of the East Asian countries and Hawaii, followed by volcano eruption in Indonesia after 8.9 magnitude quake in Japan.

Current disaster: 東北地方太平洋沖地震  -- Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin -- Tōhoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake -- Magnitude 8.9 to 9.1

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