1. Believe it or not, "bling" is actually a word. Now you can refer to your jewelry as bling AND be correct.
2. Have you ever gotten "crunk?" While it refers to the genre of music, some still use it as a verb.
3. Hater is used so much that it's a real word now, too!
4. Illiterati, like the Illuminati, are thought to be an organization of people with the main difference being that they're poorly educated — and not hidden.
5. Those tight-fitting pants that look like jeans called jeggings? Yup, they're a thing.
6. Man boobs, also referred to moobs, are an official word, too!
7. Everyone has heard YOLO before, so it's no surprise that "you only live once" has made it into the dictionary!
8. Muffin topping officially refers to the fat that "overflows" from a person wearing tight-waisted shorts/pants.
9. While being a "noob" is considered derogatory, it refers more-so to the fact that someone is inexperienced or new.
10. Calling the police the "po-po" is a real way to refer to them!
11. These are totes words found in the dictionary... including totes.
12. Even "woot" is a real word!
Should all of these words be "real" words? Probably not, but language evolves from popular usage!
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