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'Merica, Moobs Among New Words Added To Oxford English Dictionary

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Over 1,000 new words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, and some of them are pretty strange.

'Merica, scrumdiddlyumptious, swirlie and yogalates are some of the new words.

The entries also include, fuhgeddaboudit, as in don't even bother; moobs, or man boobs; and for March Madness fans, bracketology is now a word.

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