Mums can now look up TTC in Oxford Dictionary

A FRENCH teacher,

59, is suing Facebook for alleged censorship because his account got suspended in 2011.

A Paris civil court is to hear the case on Thursday. The account was suspended after Frederic Durand-Baissas, posted a photo of Gustave Courbet’s 1866 painting.

Durand-Baissas wants his account reactivated and 20 000 euros,

(R299 744) in damages. Facebook has now changed its standards policy. – AP/African News Agency (ANA) IN the age of the internet, plenty of us have got our heads around common acronyms such as LOL (laugh out loud) and BTW (by the way).

But unless you’re TTC (and perhaps facing a BFN) or teaching your baby to CIO, you might be less familiar with the latest additions to the Oxford English Dictionary.

About 100 words related to pregnancy, birth and bringing up a child have been included – including acronyms.

The terms – including TTC for trying to conceive, BFN for a big fat negative on a pregnancy test, and CIO for letting your baby cry it out – quali- fied due to their popularity on chat forums such as Mumsnet and frequent use in parenting manuals and on websites.

Other phrases among more than 1 000 new entries include some slightly more common terms. “Mansplaining” (when men explain something condescendingly to women), “snow- flake” (an insult referring to someone who is overly sensitive or feels entitled to special treatment) and “hangry” (a combination of hungry and angry) were added.

The term “ransomware” – referring to a cyber-attack using malicious software that threatens to publish the victim’s data or block access unless a ransom is paid – also appear.

To qualify for the list, the dictionary requires several independent examples of a word being used, as well as evidence it has been in use “for a reasonable amount of time”. – Daily Mail

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