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“Quarterly updates”
December 2018 update: taffety tarts enter the OED
This month taffety tarts join the OED’s wordlist for the first time. Defined by the dictionary as ‘a sweet tart consisting of thin pastry filled with slices of apple or…
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South African additions to the OED
South Africa is known as the Rainbow Nation, a name that celebrates the modern country’s acceptance of and pride in its multi-ethnic and multicultural identity. This diversity of cultures, traditions,…
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December 2018 Update: to drain the swamp, with one’s bum in the butter
The latest update of the OED adds more than 600 new words, senses, and phrases, including the selection of items described in greater detail below. The full list of entries can be…
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Philippine English in the October 2018 update
In its latest update, the Oxford English Dictionary published several new words from Philippine English. These new additions are notable for having been brought to the dictionary’s attention by Filipino…
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New words notes for October 2018
The latest update of the OED adds more than 1400 new words, senses, and phrases, including the selection of items described in greater detail below. The full list of entries…
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A look under the bonnet in the October 2018 update
It’s a routine feature of words in the English language that over time they begin to demonstrate a number of figurative or extended uses of the original meaning, which then…
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Raking through dunghill and rehabilitating the dunghill duck: October 2018 update
When revising the text of OED for its third edition, it is hard as an editor not to be amazed by the achievements of one’s predecessors. In compiling the first…
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OED 3: The Revisioning (October 2018)
The phrase ‘the language of cinema’ is typically used when referring to visual literacy: the means by which we ‘read’ the way a film was shot and edited, with camera…
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Eminem-inspired ‘stan’ added to the Oxford English Dictionary
It’s official: as of June 2018, the Oxford English Dictionary now includes a definition of stan, ‘an overzealous or obsessive fan, esp. of a particular celebrity.’ The dictionary’s entry page…
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Release notes: The many faces of energy
Energy is everywhere. It powers our homes and businesses, our trains and automobiles; a whole industry has built up around it. We count it in calories, yet we often wish…
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