{"id":45286,"date":"2013-01-04T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=45286"},"modified":"2013-01-04T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T07:01:59","slug":"dumbphone-in-dictionary","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/dumbphone-in-dictionary","title":{"rendered":"‘Dumbphone’ May Become Real Word in Dictionary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Telecommunications companies prefer to call them “quick messaging phones” or “feature phones.” But anyone with a smartphone knows what they really are: dumbphones.<\/p>\n

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Now the Oxford English Dictionary<\/a> is considering making the term a real word, alongside “flexitarian” and “sillage.” We’re happy about the fact Oxford kept it in one word – current style guides managed by old-world dinosuars insist on spelling smartphones and dumbphones in two words, which is actually more confusing. “You have a dumb phone!” can certainly carry a different meaning than “You have a dumbphone.”<\/p>\n

It’s not official yet – we’ll know for sure in the next edition – but as far as we’re concerned, dumbphone is a real word. Which won’t make it easy for marketers. But hey, that’s what smartphones are for, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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