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Oxford English Dictionary adds several words long used in the Caribbean and Bermuda

Katherine Langford
Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 1:28 AM · 1 min read
Oxford English Dictionary adds several words long used in the Caribbean and Bermuda — WPLG Local 10, Lincoln Technology news
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — More than a dozen words long used in Bermuda and across the Caribbean got an official nod on Wednesday from the Oxford English Dictionary.First in line is “bimpert,” a Bermudian word of unknown origin that is used to describe a stupid or foolish person. People on the tiny island in the north Atlantic often use it in this traditional phrase: “A bimpert is justah wuffless bye,” which roughly translates to: an idiot is just a worthless boy.Another colorful addition is “hornerman,” a word used in the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago since 1975 to describe an unfaithful man or a man having a relationship with someone else's partner.Leonard Alexander, a grocery store owner in Trinidad, chuckled at the inclusion of the word “hornerman.” He explained that to “horn” means being unfaithful, and now the world would know the term for a man who commits such an act.“That’s our heritage, that’s what we grew up with,” Alexander said.If someone in the Caribbe

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