Video game terminology and Dutch word added to Oxford English Dictionary

Also among the December additions were passion project, lickspittle, and lick-arse

Video game terminology and the Dutch word stroopwafel have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (Ian Nicholson/PA)

Words commonly used in association with video games and the name of a Dutch sweet treat are among the terms that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

The new additions come as part of the dictionary’s quarterly update and include player character and non-player character, along with their abbreviations NPC and PC, meaning characters those playing video games can and cannot control.