How are words added to the OED?
Words come into the English language in all manner of ways. The OED’s mission is to record all of these word stories, capturing their development as they continue to unfold.
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Gender and genre: students, researchers, and the OED
Professor Susan Watkins reflects on using the OED as an important way of reflecting on the history of gender and sexuality in relation to women’s writing.
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Words from the 1960s
If youth had flexed its muscles in the 1950s, in the 1960s it ruled the roost. Out on the streets, in the clubs and on the campuses, it was young…
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