Along with several other words, "jeggings" and "woot" have been added to the latest version of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. I strongly dislike the word "jeggings" in both the way it sounds and what it refers to. I guess I have to accept that it's now an official word and not a Frankensteinization of the words "jeans" and "legging", which, separately, I like both as words and in reference to clothing. I don't like the way that word sounds, how it's so bouncy in the mouth. I own a pair of these but like to refer to them as my stretchy jeans.
I suppose I feel okay about the word "woot", but I only ever use it when writing to a friend through an instant messaging system. Ach, I'm pretty sure the word "okay" was once not a word, or was once only accepted in its abbreviated form "O.K" to signify "ol korrectus" or whatever it is in Latin. "Okay" is floppy language, not concise, but I feel okay (ha!) about using it in this very casual setting, in this post that (hopefully?) not many people will read.
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