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Published 28 Mar, 2015 06:54am

Word of the week

Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Jel’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary

Jel

Definition: (Adjective), (informal — chiefly British), Jealous

Origin: 1990s: abbreviation.

Usage: “Don’t be jel just because they’ve made it in life”; “My friends are gonna be so jel!”; “Her Vegas accommodation is making us well jel.”

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