FOUR LETTER NEW WORDS

New words
AIDA a finely-meshed cotton fabric used for cross-stitch embroidery
AKAS AKA, a New Zealand vine
ALOO (Hindi) a potato
ALUS ALU, a potato
AMES AME, a soul
ARGH expressing pain or dismay
AUAS AUA, the yellow-eye mullet
AWFY (Scots) awfully, extremely
AWKS AWK, a computer-programming language used for data processing
BAHU (Hindi) a daughter-in-law, esp one who lives with her husband's family
BHAI (Hindi) brother; a form of address for a man
BLIT to transfer a large array of bits between different locations in a computer's memory
BOTE compensation for injury or damage to property
CACK faeces, rubbish
CHUR (NZ) an informal expression of agreement
CLIT (vulgar slang) the clitoris
CRIA the offspring of a llama
CUMS CUM, ejaculated sperm
DAAL the pigeon pea, a pea-like plant cultivated in India and the tropics
DEFO definitely, as an expression of agreement or consent
DEGU a small rodent native to Chile, aka Brush-Tailed Rat
DIVO (Italian) a highly distinguished male singer
DIYA (Hindi) a small oil lamp, usu of terracotta, used in Hindu worship, esp at Diwali
ERHU a Chinese two-stringed musical instrument, played with a bow
FEWS FEW, a small number
FIQH Islamic jurisprudence, an expansion of the Sharia Islamic law
FLOB (slang) to spit or gob
FLOX as in FLOX SILK, a kind of silk, aka floss silk
GAKS GAK, cocaine
GAWS GAW, an imperfect rainbow or other supposed sign of coming weather
GERS GER, a yurt or felt tent
GOBI (Hindi) a cabbage or cauliflower
GOJI the vitamin-rich berry of a solanaceous Chinese plant
GRRL as in RIOT GRRL, a young woman who plays or enjoys an aggressively feminist style of punk rock music
HAOS HAO, a monetary unit of Vietnam
HASS as in WHITE HASS, an oatmeal pudding made with sheep's gullet
HOOR a Scots and Irish form of WHORE; a difficult or unpleasant thing
INGS ING, a meadow beside a river
KACK faeces, rubbish
KIEV a dish made of thin fillets of meat, esp chicken (chicken kiev)
KOKA the lowest score awarded for a throw or hold in judo, worth three points
MAHA as in MAHA YOGA, a form of yoga that incorporates all eight classical yogas
MILF a sexually attractive middle-aged woman
MWAH a representation of the sound of a kiss
NANG (slang) excellent, cool
NGAI clan or tribe, as used before the names of certain Maori tribes
NOOB an Internet novice, a NEWBIE
OATY like oats
OFFY (slang) an off-licence
OLDE a facetious spelling of OLD
PAAN betel leaf
PELS PEL, an earlier, now less common, word for a pixel
PUKY reminiscent of or resembling vomit
QINS QIN, a kind of Chinese zither with silken strings
RAGU in Italian cookery, a meat and tomato sauce
RAVS RAV, a rabbi, esp one in authority
RIAD a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden
RONZ an acronym: the rest of New Zealand
SAAG in Indian cookery, spinach
SLEB (slang) a celebrity
SUGO an Italian meat sauce
SUGS SUG, to attempt to sell a product under the guise of market research
SUNI a small South African antelope
TEIN a monetary unit of Kazakhstan, equal to one hundredth of a tenge
TIAN a vegetable gratin baked in an earthenware dish
TIKS TIK, the drug methamphetamine in crystal form
TINA (slang) crystal meth
UMMA the body of Muslim believers considered as one community
UMRA a lesser pilgrimage to Mecca made at any time of year
UMUS UMU, a Maori oven
VLOG a blog using the medium of video
VOIP a system for converting analogue signals to digital so that the telephone calls may be made over the internet [Voice Over Internet Protocol]
WELS a large fish, the American giant catfish, introduced into European rivers
WIKI a collaborative web site that allows users control over the site's content
XRAY (in international radio communication) a code word for the letter x
ZARI a type of thread made of fine gold or silver wire used in traditional Indian and Pakistani garments