--- title: Oxford Dictionary Adds Squad Goals, Yas, Drunk Text 2017 description: Oxford Dictionary has added 300 new words to its officially recognized collection, including "cat lady" and "craptacular." canonical: https://time.com/4682491/oxford-dictionary-2017/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-24T21:09:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:24.497Z og:title: Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Squad Goals,' 'Yas' and 'Drunk Text' og:description: Don't forget "cat lady" and "fitspo" og:url: https://time.com/4682491/oxford-dictionary-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68cb6c5581f87a47/6988bbe18e0601cfbd46956c/dictionary.jpg?branch=production&width=509&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 509 og:image:height: 286 og:image:alt: 515315278 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Squad Goals,' 'Yas' and 'Drunk Text' twitter:description: Don't forget "cat lady" and "fitspo" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68cb6c5581f87a47/6988bbe18e0601cfbd46956c/dictionary.jpg?branch=production&width=509&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oxford Dictionary Proves It's Totally With It By Adding 'Squad Goals,' 'Yas' and 'Drunk Text' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 24, 2017 9:09 PM UTC  Flying letters from an opened book Flying letters from an opened book peshkov/Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 24, 2017 9:09 PM UTC [Oxford Dictionaries](http://time.com/4010748/oxford-dictionary-update-2015/) has added 300 [new words](http://time.com/4662821/merriam-webster-dictionary-throw-shade-meaning/) to its officially recognized collection, including [millennial](http://time.com/4525422/quarter-life-crisis-find-passion/) favorites such as “yas,” “cat lady” and “squad goals.” The online reference guide often updates its language to reflect the vocabulary of the times, and this expansion was no exception. In a [blog post](https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2017/02/dictionary-new-words/), Oxford noted that many of the new words are popular terms in food, fitness and party culture, such as the Thai dish “[pad kee mao](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pad%5Fkee%5Fmao),” “[fitspo](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/fitspo)” and “[drunk text](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/drunk%5Ftext),” respectively. 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