Latest Word: ‘Klingons’ in, ‘Muggles’ Not Quite

The NYTimes has One On the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. It contains 3,500 additions, like fashionista, arm candy, parallel universes, chat rooms, text messaging, snailmail, sticker shock and chick lit. They say A majority of references once came from Britain, but no longer, as America is the biggest and most productive influence on the language now.