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“People and the OED”
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Baking the OED: Kate Young’s ‘formerly’ and ‘subsequently’ cheesecakes
Cheesecake, n. 1.Formerly: †a tart or pie containing a mixture originally including cheese, later usually curds or cream, eggs, sugar, butter, and various flavourings (obsolete). Subsequently: a dessert or sweet…
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Oxford lexicographers of the 1950s: Raymond Goffin, Jennifer Dawson, and Joyce Hawkins
The 1950s saw the resumption of English-language lexicography at Oxford University Press after a hiatus of two decades. Senior figures at OUP came to the conclusion that it was time…
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Frances Hardinge’s five favourite words
Frances Hardinge was brought up in a sequence of small, sinister English villages, and spent a number of formative years living in a Gothic-looking, mouse-infested hilltop house in Kent. She…
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Free Schools Access to the OED
To celebrate the OED turning 90, we are pleased to offer free access to the OED for any UK state schools and US and Canadian public K-12 schools who are not current…
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An Oxford lexicographer of the 1940s: Hereward Price
As the previous article in this series explained, Oxford University Press called a temporary halt to its activities in English-language lexicography in Oxford during the 1930s, although there continued to…
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James Gleick on being cited in the OED
I can’t remember when I discovered that I am credited (if that is the right word) as a source for several words in the Oxford English Dictionary. I remember how…
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Meet the Editors: Danica Salazar
Introducing Danica Salazar, World English Editor for the Oxford English Dictionary. In this video – part of our Meet the Editors series for the OED‘s 90th anniversary celebrations – Danica…
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Oxford lexicographers of the 1930s: J. L. N. O’Loughlin and Herbert Le Mesurier
As the 1930s began, after many years of being the centre of operations for the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, the ‘Dictionary Room’ in the Old Ashmolean, in the…
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The Meaning of Everything: a new preface
The following is an abridged version of the preface to the new edition of Simon Winchester’s highly-acclaimed The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary Lexicography is…
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Professor Eric Stanley (1923-2018)
His many friends at the Oxford English Dictionary were saddened to hear of the death of Professor Eric Stanley of Pembroke College, Oxford, and until his retirement (in 1991) Rawlinson…
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