"Phwoar, look at that stud muffin," says OED

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The words "phwoar", "stud muffin" and "arm candy" have officially become part of the English language after the bastion of words the Oxford English Dictionary added them to a new publication.

The words are among 350 slang words and expressions added to this years Dictionary of Modern Slang.

The meanings associated with the 'new' words are phwoar, an expression of enthusiastic or lubricious approval, stud muffin, an attractive man and arm candy, a good-looking date.

Britney Spears has also made it to the book - the closest she has ever come to a reference book - in Cockney rhyming slang "Britneys" means beers, which rhymes with her surname. 

Publishers Oxford University Press say they hope the book helps to preserve a section of the language that might otherwise be forgotten.
John Ayto, the book's co-editor, said: "Thousands of new slang words and expressions have flooded into the English language, most of them to be flushed away summarily.

"Slang has a reputation for being ephemeral, for coming into the language and then going again."

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