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‘Vape’ is word of the year for Oxford Dictionaries

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The becoming popularity of electronic cigarettes has now started the notice of the admirable Oxford Dictionaries, which has picked "vape" as the word of the year for 2014. The word can be a noun or a verb; it prevailed over contenders, for example, "bae" and "normcore." Noting that e-cigarettes have made some amazing progress since the early 1980s, when the "vape" was initially inhaled into life, the folks at Oxford Dictionaries say it took briefly for the new market, and the new word, to develop. "A hole developed in the dictionary, as an issue was needed to depict this action, and recognize it from "smoking," " as per the lexicon's announcement. "The word vape emerged to fill this hole, and it has proliferated along with the propensity." In the event that you've never frequented a vape shop, the word can apply both to breathing an e-cigarette's vapor and to an e-cigarette gadget. "I especially