IN a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, the social networking term "tweet" has entered the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time.
Tweet will also debut in Australia's printed Macquarie Dictionary later this year.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) chief editor John Simpson confirmed 'tweet' had been formally recognised in his hallowed tome's June update - more than seven years after Twitter was invented.
"The noun and verb tweet (in the social-networking sense) has just been added to the OED," Mr Simpson said.
"This breaks at least one OED rule, namely that a new word needs to be current for ten years before consideration for inclusion. But it seems to be catching on."
Tweet's inclusion comes after the OED in 2011 recognised the acronyms 'LOL' (laugh out loud) and 'OMG' (oh my god) - both frequently used online and in SMS messages.
The EOD defined 'tweet' as simply: "To make a posting on the social networking service Twitter. Also: to use Twitter regularly or habitually".
'Tweet' will also be included in the printed Macquarie Dictionary, the respected compendium of Australian-English, for the first time in October.
Macquarie editors recognised 'tweet' in 2009 and included it in online editions from 2010.
But the sixth printed edition of the Macquarie Dictionary will be the first to carry the word, Editor Susan Butler told AAP.
Earlier this year, the Macquarie Dictionary included 'Phantom vibration syndrome' in its online edition - describing anxiety and an obsessional conviction that one's mobile phone has vibrated in response to an incoming call.
Other words or phrases which made it into the new EOD included: 'wingsuit' (a full-body garment having wings), 'sega' (a dance form of the Mascarene Islands) and 'metabolic syndrome' (a cluster of biochemical and physiological abnormalities).
The OED also recognised the slang phrase "to have a cow" - synonymous with the cartoon character Bart Simpson, but which in fact the OED says dates back to 1959.
Another slang phrase, "handyman special" made it too.
The OED said that term described "something (especially a house) which is in need of repair and therefore available at a discounted price".
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