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Dope and sex and rock ‘n’ roll: slang lexicography with Jonathon Green (part two)
In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the OED’s completed First Edition, slang specialist and lexicographer Jonathon Green sat down with Henry Hitchings, a Consultant Editor for the OED, to…
Dope and sex and rock ‘n’ roll: slang lexicography with Jonathon Green (part one)
‘My feeling is that I don’t subscribe to a specific definition, rather the sense that slang has a pervasive state of mind. I would suggest that there is an underlying strain that goes through the entire slang lexis, which is sedition.’
Youth words
We want to hear about the unique words and expressions that children and young people use.
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…
Spoiler alert! New words notes for June 2018
The June 2018 update of the OED adds more than 900 new words and senses, including the selection of items described in greater detail below. The full list of entries can be…
Meet the Editors: Katherine Connor Martin
Meet Katherine Connor Martin, our Head of US Dictionaries, and part of the team tasked with ensuring that the Oxford English Dictionary keeps up with changes in American English and accurately…
Words as old as the OED
When the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was finally completed in 1928, the world of 1857, when work on the dictionary began, must have seemed impossibly distant. Radio,…
Release notes: parenting words
The last ten years have been particularly fruitful ones for the Oxford English Dictionary. Over that time, staff have celebrated the birth of twenty-five babies, and a lexicographer bringing a…
New words notes June 2017
The latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary includes over 1,200 new words, phrases, and senses from the newly revised alphabetic ranges and from around the alphabet. Some highlights of…
New words notes March 2017
In this quarterly update, the Oxford English Dictionary adds over 500 new words, phrases, and senses. In keeping with the OED’s broad scope, the list of new entries include such…
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