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Oxford English Dictionary includes chuddies, jibbons & fantoosh in the latest update

R Sinduja
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The Indian English word 'chuddies' for underwear is among 650 new entries recognised as official English words by the OED. Chuddies was made popular in the UK by British Indian actors Meera Syal & Sanjeev Bhaskar. The quarterly update released this week which included some new entries including regional vocabulary suggestions like jibbons, fantoosh, sitooterie & yat. The OED is continuing its search for regional vocabulary.


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