The Oxford English Dictionary names “vape” – the word used for inhaling the vapour from an electronic cigarette – as its 2014 word of the year.
You are thirty times more likely to come across the word 'vape' this year than you were two years ago, and usage has more than doubled in the past year,” staff editors say on Nov 17, explaining the reasoning behind their choice. But it’s not without controversy.
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