New words list December 2004

• oubliable, a.
• ouboet, n.
• ouched, a.
• oui, adv. and int.
• Oulipo, n.
• oumissus, n.
• ouphant, a.
• ousia, n.
• oustee, n.
• Outagami, n.
• outard, n.
• outbeaming, n. and a.
• outboarding, n.
• out-bray, v.²
• outcall, n. and a.
• outcome, v.
• outcoming, a.
• outdrive, n.
• outercourse, n.
• outfeed, a.
• outfought, a.
• outfous, a.
• outgross, v.
• out-holling, n.
• outie, n.
• outliner, n.
• outmuscle, v.
• out-nigger, v.
• outnumbered, a.
• out-of-area, a. and adv.
• out-of-body, a.
• out of door, adv. and a.
• out-of-province, a.
• outperformer, n.
• outpitch, v.²
• outplant, n.
• outposted, a.
• outpushing, n.
• outredding, n.
• outrig, n.
• outriving, n.
• outrune, n.
• outrunning, n.¹
• outrushing, a.
• outsert, n.
• out-sharping, a.
• outshop, v.
• outshute, n.
• outsiderness, n.
• outslick, v.
• outsourcer, n.
• outspringing, a.
• outstation, v.
• outstray, v.
• out the monk, a.
• out-thrusting, a.
• outvoting, n.
• outwall, v.
• outwandering, a.
• outwicking, n.
• outworking, a.
• outworlder, n.
• out year, n.
• ouzeri, n.
• ovalization, n.
• ovalize, v.
• ovalized, a.
• ovalling, n.
• Ovaltiney, n.
• ovangkol, n.
• ovatic, a.¹
• ovenable, a.
• overallotment, n.
• overamp, v.
• overamped, a.¹
• overamped, a.²
• over-and-over, a.
• overballasting, n.
• overbank, v.²
• overbanking, n.¹
• overbent, a.
• over-biased, a.
• overbiasing, n.
• overbill, v.
• overbilling, n.
• overblanket, n.
• overbound, v.²
• overbound, v.⁴
• overbounded, a.
• overbounding, n.
• overbowering, a.
• overbreathed, a.
• overbred, a.
• overbrim, n.
• overbroad, a.
• overbudget, v.
• over-budget, adv. and a.
• over-budgeted, a.
• over-budgeting, n.
• overbuilding, n.
• over-building, a.
• overbuilt, a.
• over-bullish, a.
• over-caffeinated, a.
• over-centralize, v.
• overcheck, v.
• overclass, n.
• overclock, v.
• overclocker, n.
• overclocking, n.
• overclothed, a.
• overcoat, v.
• overcoating, n.¹
• overcoloured, a.
• over-commonly, adv.
• overcooling, n.
• overcount, n.
• overcounting, n.
• overcropping, n.
• overcut, a.
• overdamping, n.
• overdate, n. and a.
• over-delicately, adv.
• over-deliver, v.
• over-density, n.
• overdiagnose, v.
• overdiagnosis, n.
• overdispersal, n.
• overdominant, a.
• overdot, v.
• overdotted, a. and adv.
• overdotting, n.
• overdramatic, a.
• overdraught, n.
• overdrunk, a.
• overdubbed, a.²
• over easy, a.²
• overeater, n.
• over-enthusiastically, adv.
• over-exercise, v.
• over-exercised, a.
• overexpressed, a.
• overextravagant, a.
• overextravagantly, adv.
• over-fired, a.
• overfit, n.
• overfitting, n.
• overfolded, a.
• overfolding, n.
• overfraught, v.
• overfund, v.
• overfunded, a.
• overfunding, n.
• over-generous, a.
• overgilting, n.
• overgraze, v.
• overharvest, n.
• overharvest, v.
• overharvesting, n.
• over-hastely, adv.
• overhastened, a.
• Overhauser effect, n.
• overhipper, n.
• overhunting, n.
• overhype, n.
• overhype, v.
• overhyped, a.
• overidentification, n.
• overidentify, v.
• over-insured, a.
• overjolt, n.
• overkilling, n.
• overlavishing, a.
• over-lavishness, n.
• overleaping, n.
• overlend, v.²
• overlending, n.
• overleveraged, a.
• overlifting, n.
• overlight, v.
• overline, n.
• overlining, n.
• overlip, v.¹
• overlit, a.
• overlock, a.
• overlocked, a.
• overloudness, n.
• over-loved, a.
• overmarched, a.
• overmarked, a.
• overmarking, n.
• overmasted, a.
• overmature, a.
• overmaturity, n.
• overmay, v.
• overmounting, n.
• overmounting, a.
• over-netted, a.
• overnetting, n.
• overnoon, n.
• overnumbered, a.
• over-oaked, a.
• overpaid, a.
• overpeise, v.
• overplanted, a.
• overplanting, n.
• overplaying, a.
• overplotted, a.
• overplotting, n.
• overpopulated, a.
• over-potting, n.
• overpowered, a.¹
• overpowered, a.²
• over-powerful, a.
• over-prepare, v.
• overproduced, a.
• overpronate, v.
• overpronation, n.
• overpronator, n.
• overpump, v.
• overracked, a.
• overrecover, v.
• over-renting, n.
• over-report, v.
• over-reporting, n.
• over-riches, n.
• overroot, v.
• over-rotate, v.
• oversample, v.
• oversampled, a.
• oversampling, n.
• oversaturate, v.
• overscaled, a.
• overscan, n.
• overscored, a.
• overscoring, n.
• oversentimental, a. and n.
• oversettingly, adv.
• overshaken, a.
• oversharply, adv.
• oversite, n.
• overskate, v.
• oversleep, n.
• overspanning, a.
• overspending, a.
• overstaffing, n.
• overstand, v.²
• overstayal, n.
• overstayed, a.²
• overstressed, a.
• overstriking, n.
• overstuff, v.
• oversubscribed, a.
• over-superstitiously, adv.
• oversupinate, v.
• oversupination, n.
• oversweeping, a.
• over-sweetened, a.
• overswing, v.
• overtake, n.
• overtaxing, a.
• over the air, adv. and a.
• over there, adv.
• over-the-transom, a. and adv.
• overthorter, prep.
• overtoiling, a.
• overtop, prep.
• overtrained, a.
• over-twining, a.
• overtype, n.
• overtype, v.
• overused, a.
• overvote, n.
• overvoting, n.
• overwatered, a.
• overwatering, n.
• overwing, a.
• ovesting, n.

In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These included:

• (Under open, a.)
  • open adoption
  • open-angle
  • open architecture
  • open bar
  • open cluster
  • open college
  • open communion
  • open-concept
  • open gaited
  • open jaw
  • open-label
  • open-legged
  • open-meated
  • open pollinated
  • open pollination
  • open reading frame
  • open scale
  • open sea
  • open sight
  • open source
  • open stance
  • open year
• (Under ounce, n.¹)
  • ounce tron
• (Under oung, v.)
  • ounging
• (Under our, pron. and a.)
  • our one
• (Under Our Lady, n.)
  • Our Lady bedstraw
  • Our Lady tide
  • Our Lady’s bell
  • Our Lady’s day
  • Our Lady’s eve
  • Our Lady’s even
  • Our Lady’s psalter
• (Under out-, prefix)
  • outpouching
  • outslug
• (Under outer, a. and n.²)
  • outer bar
  • outer-directed
  • outer planet
  • Outer Seven
• (Under outer, v.)
  • outering
• (Under outmoded, a.)
  • outmodedness
• (Under outpost, n.)
  • outpost camp
• (Under output, n.)
  • output gap
• (Under outside, n., a., prep., and adv.)
  • outside child
  • outside director
  • outside linebacker
  • outside loop
• (Under outsider, n.)
  • outsider art
• (Under outstation, n.)
  • outstation cheque
• (Under outward, a., n.¹, and adv.)
  • outward investment
• (Under out-win, v.)
  • out-winning
• (Under oval, a.² and n.¹)
  • oval-engine
  • oval nail
  • oval window
  • oval wire nail
• (Under ovarian, a.)
  • ovarian follicle
• (Under ovario-, comb. form)
  • ovariohysterectomy
• (Under oven, n.)
  • oven chip
  • oven tit
• (Under overact, v.)
  • overacting
• (Under over-and-over, a.)
  • over-and-over boat
• (Under overbridge, v.)
  • overbridging
• (Under overbuy, v.)
  • overbuying
• (Under over-cram, v.)
  • over-cramming
• (Under overdone, a., n., and adv.)
  • over-doneness
• (Under overfloat, v.)
  • overfloating
• (Under overflow, n.)
  • overflow area
• (Under overgild, v.)
  • overgilded
• (Under overhead, adv., n., and a.)
  • overhead projector
  • overhead transparency
• (Under overlard, v.)
  • overlarding
• (Under overlaunch, v.)
  • overlaunching
• (Under overnight, adv., n., and a.)
  • overnight cabin
• (Under over-order, v.)
  • over-ordering
• (Under overrange, n. and a.)
  • overranging
• (Under oversea, a.)
  • oversea dream
• (Under overseas, a.)
  • overseas cap
  • overseas experience
• (Under oversight, n.)
  • oversight committee
• (Under overstraining, n.)
  • overstraining disease
• (Under overstrew, v.)
  • overstrewed
• (Under over-thoughtful, a.)
  • over-thoughtfulness
• (Under overtone, n.)
  • overtone chant
  • overtone chanting
  • overtone singing
• (Under overvote, v.)
  • overvoted

Out-of-sequence new entries

9 December 2004 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• acupoint, n.
• ahi, n.
• always-on, a.
• amp, v.¹
• amp, v.²
• amped, a.¹
• amped, a.²
• au jus, a., adv., and n.
• backsplash, n.
• Bapedi, n. and a.
• bar-b-q, n.
• BBQ, n.
• beat-down, n.
• Benjamin, n.⁴
• benji, n.
• biomarker, n.
• biopharmaceutic, a.
• biopharmaceutical, a. and n.
• biopharmaceutics, n.
• bloviate, v.
• bloviating, n.
• bloviating, a.
• bloviation, n.
• bloviator, n.
• bluesman, n.
• boet, n.
• boetie, n.
• bounceback, n.
• bucketload, n.
• budo, n.
• cafone, n.
• cavolo nero, n.
• cead mile failte, n. and int.
• chemokine, n.
• Chinglish, n. and a.
• citywide, a. and adv.
• co-host, n.
• co-host, v.
• co-sleep, v.
• co-sleeping, n.
• cosmeceutical, n. and a.
• cosmovision, n.
• crêperie, n.
• criminogenic, a.
• cryopreservation, n.
• cryopreserve, v.
• cryopreserved, a.
• cugine, n.
• cumec, n.
• cyber-war, n.
• Derridean, a. and n.
• downtempo, a.
• ecocentric, a. and n.
• ecocentrism, n.
• ecoregion, n.
• E-day, n.
• eldercare, n.
• e-learning, n.
• enlistee, n.
• flippy, a.
• flippy-floppy, a.
• Flynn, n.
• fusiony, a.
• gaslight, v.
• gaslighting, n.
• goalward, a. and adv.
• goalwards, adv.
• guestbook, n.
• guido, n.
• hacky-sack, n.
• hapkido, n.
• high concept, n. and a.
• high-octane, a. and n.
• Hinglish, n.² and a.²
• Hinglish, a.¹ and n.¹
• hi-octane, n. and a.
• Hizzoner, n.
• home-school, a.²
• home-school, v.
• home school, n.
• home-school, a.¹
• home-schooled, a.
• home-schooler, n.
• home-schooling, n.
• home-schooling, a.
• hoochie, n.²
• Hoodia, n.
• hosebag, n.
• howzat, int. and n.
• Hummer, n.³
• Humvee, n.
• hypermutability, n.
• hypermutable, a.
• hypermutant, n. and a.
• hypermutation, n.
• inclusionary, a.
• jihadist, n. and a.
• jus, n.
• killfile, v.
• kill file, n.
• kyudo, n.
• line in, n.
• line out, n.²
• Lobedu, n. and a.
• Pedi, n. and a.
• po’ boy, n.
• potsticker, n.
• problem-solve, v.
• pruno, n.
• re-enacter, n.
• re-enactor, n.
• repost, n.
• repost, v.³
• reposting, n.²
• retile, v.
• retiling, n.
• revalidation, n.
• sandboard, n.
• sandboard, v.
• sandboarding, n.
• satphone, n.
• seitan, n.
• self-medicate, v.
• self-medicated, a.
• self-medicating, a.
• self-tan, n.
• self-tanner, n.
• self-tanning, a.
• Sepedi, n.
• sheesh, int.
• smackdown, n.
• snowblade, n.
• snowblader, n.
• snowblading, n.
• super-jumbo, a. and n.
• supersize, a. and n.
• supersize, v.
• super-sized, a.
• -tainment, comb. form
• thugged out, a.
• trackie, n.
• trackie daks, n.
• trampy, a. (and adv.)
• unmoderated, a.
• unranked, a.
• unsubscribe, v.
• us self, pron.
• vavoom, int., a. and n.
• viewscreen, n.
• vig, n.
• wigger, n.
• Zelig, n.

In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:

• (Under acupuncture, n.)
  • acupuncture point
• (Under anti-, prefix¹)
  • anti-globalization
• (Under baby, n.)
  • baby-father
  • baby-mother
• (Under binding, vbl. n.)
  • binding site
• (Under bio-)
  • bioindicator
• (Under bit, n.²)
  • in bits
• (Under black, a.)
  • black cabbage
  • black kale
• (Under blame, n.)
  • blame game
• (Under blood, n.)
  • blood-brain barrier
• (Under blue, n.)
  • blue-on-blue
• (Under bottom, n.)
  • bottom cleavage
• (Under brown, a.)
  • brown cloud
• (Under builder, n.)
  • builder’s bum
• (Under bum, n.¹)
  • bum cleavage
• (Under button, v.)
  • button-down
• (Under buttoned, ppl. a.)
  • buttoned-down
• (Under C)
  • CCD
• (Under cable, n.)
  • cable-knit
• (Under call, n.)
  • good call
• (Under Cambrian, a. (n.))
  • Cambrian explosion
• (Under cell, n.¹)
  • cellmate
• (Under charge, n.¹)
  • charge-coupled device
• (Under charity, n.)
  • charity shop
• (Under chemical, a.)
  • chemical dependency
• (Under child, n.)
  • child-directed speech
• (Under cock, n.¹)
  • cock rock
  • cock rocker
• (Under code, n.¹)
  • code bloat
• (Under combinatorial, a.)
  • combinatorial chemistry
• (Under come, v.)
  • to come up
• (Under community, n.)
  • community card
• (Under congestion, n.)
  • congestion charge
• (Under conservation, n.)
  • conservation biologist
  • conservation biology
• (Under content, n.¹)
  • content provider
• (Under crack, n.)
  • crack whore
  • crack ho
• (Under dead, a. (n.¹, adv.))
  • dead president
• (Under designer, n.)
  • designer baby
• (Under desk, n.)
  • desk jockey
• (Under dose, n.)
  • dose-response
  • dose-response curve
• (Under double, v.)
  • to double down
• (Under Euro, n.²)
  • euro cent
• (Under F)
  • FDI
• (Under fake, n.²)
  • fake tan
• (Under false, a., adv., and n.)
  • false consciousness
• (Under fan, n.²)
  • fan fiction
  • fanfic
• (Under foot, n.)
  • footbag
• (Under foreign, a. and n.)
  • foreign direct investment
  • foreign portfolio investment
• (Under gag, v.¹)
  • to be gagging for
  • to be gagging for it
• (Under gear, n.)
  • up a gear
  • to move (also shift, step, etc.) up a gear
• (Under greatest, a. (n.) and adv.)
  • Greatest Generation
• (Under H)
  • hsp
  • hsp70
• (Under hairy, a. and n.)
  • hairy eyeball
  • to give the hairy eyeball
• (Under heat, n.)
  • heat-shock protein
• (Under hive, n.)
  • hive mind
• (Under inter-, prefix)
  • intertitle
• (Under inward, a. and n.)
  • inward direct investment
  • inward investment
• (Under Joe, n.²)
  • Joe Citizen
  • Joe Schmo
• (Under joined, ppl. a.¹)
  • joined at the hip
• (Under judgement, n.)
  • judgement call
• (Under key, n.³)
  • Key lime
  • Key lime pie
• (Under poster, n.²)
  • poster boy
  • poster child
  • poster girl
• (Under preferred, ppl. a.)
  • preferred provider
  • preferred provider organization
• (Under R)
  • RFC
• (Under rainbow, n.)
  • rainbow flag
• (Under re-enact, v.)
  • re-enactment society
• (Under S)
  • SACD
  • S-Video
  • S-VHS
• (Under satellite, n.)
  • satellite telephone
  • satellite phone
• (Under scare, n.²)
  • scare quotes
• (Under seaweed, n.)
  • seaweed wrap
• (Under shallow, a.¹ and n.³)
  • shallow-fry
  • shallow-fried
• (Under shock, n.³)
  • shock jock
  • shock rock
  • shock rocker
• (Under smell, v.)
  • to smell the roses (also flowers)
  • to stop and smell the roses (also flowers)
• (Under social, a. and n.)
  • social promotion
• (Under spy, n.)
  • spyware
• (Under squash, n.²)
  • squash knife
• (Under stealth, n.)
  • stealth tax
• (Under super-, prefix)
  • super audio CD
  • super audio compact disc
  • super VHS
• (Under synth, n.)
  • synth-pop
• (Under tipping, vbl. n.²)
  • tipping point
• (Under touchy, a.)
  • touchy-feely
• (Under urban, a. and n.)
  • urban contemporary
• (Under zit, n.)
  • zitty

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• actionable, a.
• amplified, ppl. a.
• amplify, v.
• basic, a. (and n.¹)
• binding, vbl. n.
• bottom, n.
• cent, n.¹
• chemical, a.
• corn-pone, n.
• Europe, n.
• fox, n.
• fusion, n.
• hose, n.
• jacket, n.
• reynard, n.
• rocky, a.²
• selector, n.
• sick, a. and n.
• slutty, a.
• urban, a. and n.
• wrangler, n.