WORDS: More than 1,000 new words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary this year.

Among those are bibliophilia and bibliophobe — the first, meaning someone with a passion for reading or collecting books, while the second is a person with an aversion to books or reading.

These words make sense, and the definitions could be surmised from the word itself.

There are some, however, which aren’t as easy. Molly-handed is one we hadn’t heard before. It means left-handed, but colloquially can mean clumsy, too.

Seva, a noun, is selfless service, the action or practice of rendering service to others, typically in the form of volunteer work.

Several of the words are of Japanese or Australian origin, like onigiri, a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or triangles of rice stuffed with a pickled or salted filling, and typically wrapped in dried seaweed.”

Rooned, an adjective, is an Australian word used to express pessimism about the future.

Some are coined by popular speech, like “pash rash,” a noun, “A rash or inflammation around a person’s lips, mouth, and chin resulting from passionate kissing, esp. by a person with a beard or stubble.”

And still others are words that have been in use, but the definition has changed. For instance, the use of kebab as a verb, meaning “to criticize (a person) sharply or severely; to interrogate or ridicule.”

Other entries are forms of existing words, like doco which is short for a documentary film.

After the Olympics, this entry has been spoken around the world, much to the chagrin of an Australian competitor called Raygun. The word is breakdance as a verb. The unusual moves of the Australian competitor have taken the internet by storm.