Simples makes it into the Collins English Dictionary

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The boffins over at the Collins English Dictionary have been err…doing what they do to research new words and have made some surprising additions to the dictionary for 2011.

We like the fact that Aleksandr the meerkat is being honoured by having his catchphrase ’simples’ included as an expression we use for ‘easy to do’.

Aleksandr is not the only furry thing on TV to inspire a new word in the dictionary. It seems Simon Cowell’s acronym BGT for Britain’s Got Talent has also been deemed to have enough talent to be featured in the dictionary.

Our fave is ‘fauxmance’ where two celebs get together in a false romance to try and drum up some media interest and make some cash (hello Chantelle and Preston from Celebrity Big Brother).

On the dull side of things, the new era of coalition politics has also given us some new words now made ‘official’ by Collins, including Cleggmania, Con-Lib and the intriguing ‘broken society’ expression!

We still can’t get over the fact that simples is in there, so we might as well use it, so here goes. If you’d like to adopt your very own meerkat you can do here at Into the Blue. Just head to the adopt a meerkat page, add to your basket and then go to the secure online checkout. Simples!