New words list December 2006

pomerac, n.
po-mo, n.²
po-mo, adj.²
pomodoro, n.
Pompe, n.
pomped, adj.¹
pompe funèbre, n.
Pompeii worm, n.
pomper, v.
pom-pom, n.³
pom-pom-pull-away, n.
ponasterone, n.
Ponca, n. and adj.
pondered, adj.
pondokkie, n.
pond scum, n.
Pontefract, n.
Pontiac fever, n.
Pontine, adj.¹
pontooned, adj.
pony car, n.
ponzu, n.
-poo, comb. form
pooch, v.¹
pooch, v.²
poochie, n.
poofter, n.²
pooling, n.¹
pool price, n.²
poopsie, n.
poopy, n. and int.
poopy, adj.¹
poopy, adj.²
poopy suit, n.
poot, n. and int.
poot, v.
po’ouli, n.
pop-cult, n.
popiah, n.
popism, n.²
popist, n.
popmobility, n.
Popovtsy, n.
pop quiz, n.
pop-riveted, adj.
pop shot, n.
pop sock, n.
popstrel, n.
Pop Tart, n.¹
pop tart, n.²
poptastic, adj.
popular beat combo, n.
Populuxe, n. and adj.
pop-under, n. and adj.
porcelained, adj.
porcelainized, adj.
porcelainizing, n.
porcelanized, adj.
porchetta, n.
porcino, n.
porencephalia, n.
Porfirian, adj.
porifer, n.
porin, n.
poriomania, n.
pork, v.
porking, n.²
Porkopolis, n.
porky, n.²
pororoca, n.
porosimeter, n.
porosimetry, n.
porosis, n.²
porphyrized, adj.
Porro prism, n.
port, n.¹⁰
portably, adv.
portainer, n.
Portaloo, n.
Porta Potti, n.
portastudio, n.
portice, n.
porting, n.²
portobello, n.²
Portosan, n.
portulacaceous, adj.
porus, n.
poseable, adj.
posedown, n.
poset, n.
posey, adj.
poshly, adv.
posho, n.² and adj.
positionality, n.
positraction, n.
Posix, n.
posole, n.
posser, n.
posseting, n.¹
POSSLQ, n.
post, adv.²
postage-free, adv. and adj.
post-boomer, n.
postcode, v.
post-colonialism, n.
post-colonialist, adj. and n.
post-coloniality, n.
post-communism, n. and adj.
post-concussion, adj.
post-concussional, adj.
post-coordinate, adj.
postcranium, n.
post-Diana, adv. and adj.
poster, v.
posteriad, adv.
posteriormost, adj.
post-exposure, adj. and adv.
post facto, adj. and adv.
postfertilization, adj. and adv.
post-Fordism, n.
post-Fordist, adj.
post-Gutenberg, adj.
post-human, adj. and n.
post-humanism, n.¹
posthumanism, n.²
post-humanist, adj. and n.
postilizing, n.
postillating, adj.
Post-it, n.
postlike, adj.²
post line, n.¹
post-materialism, n.
post-materialist, adj. and n.
post-materialistic, adj.
post-minimal, adj.
post-minimalism, n.
post-minimalist, adj. and n.
post-modernity, n.
postmodify, v.
post-polio, adj.
post-pubescent, adj. and n.
post-punk, adj. and n.
postrenal, adj.
post rock, n.¹
post-rock, adj. and n.²
PostScript, n.²
postseason, n. and adj.
post-up, n.
postvention, n.
postviral, adj.
potae, n.
potassian, n.
potato head, n.
potentiodynamic, adj.
potica, n.
potless, adj.
pot rack, n.¹
potsticker, n.
potted, adj.²
Potter, n.⁴
potteress, n.
potty, v.
POTUS, n.
poudre de riz, n.
pouf, v.
poufy, adj.
pouker, n.
poukwain, n.
poule au riz, n.
pouncer, n.³
pound sign, n.
poupou, n.
poured, adj.
pour-on, adj. and n.
poutine, n.
povidone, n.
povo, n.
power bar, n.
power curve, n.
power-down, n.
power dress, v.
power-dressed, adj.
power dresser, n.
power dressing, n.
power dressing, adj.
powered-down, adj.
powered-up, adj.
power function, n.
powerhead, n.
powerlifter, n.
powerlifting, n.
power rating, n.
power-shop, v.
power shopper, n.
power shopping, n.
power skating, n.
power trip, n.
power-trip, v.
power-up, n.
power walk, n.
power-walk, v.
power-walker, n.
power walking, n.
Poynting–Robertson, n.
Pr, n.
practicking, n.
pradhan, n.
praefericulum, n.
pragmalinguistic, adj.
pragmalinguistics, n.
pragmaticist, n.
prairie school, n.
prajna, n.
prajnaparamita, n.

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

(Under pompadour, n., adj., and adv.)
- pompadour cotinga
- Pompadour pink
- pompadour-coloured
(Under pompano, n.)
- Irish pompano
(Under pomp, n.¹)
- pomp rock
(Under pompom, n.¹)
- pompom girl
(Under pompous, adj. and adv.)
- pompous-sounding
(Under pond, n.)
- pond bush
- pond cypress
- pond dipping
- pond duck
- pond frog
- pond heron
- Indian pond heron
- pond hockey
- pond life
- pond liner
- pondpenny
- pond pike
- pond slider
- pond terrapin
- European pond terrapin
- pond hole
(Under ponderomotive, adj.)
- ponderomotively
(Under pong, v.¹)
- ponging
(Under pontoon, n.¹)
- pontoon boat
- pontoon plane
(Under pony, n. and adj.)
- pony ballet
- pony beer
- pony keg
(Under poodle, n.)
- poodle parlour
- poodle skirt
(Under pool, n.¹)
- pool frog
(Under pool, v.¹)
- pool-hole
(Under pool-drive, v.)
- pool driving
(Under poop, n.¹)
- the Poop
(Under poopy, n. and int.)
- poopy-plops
(Under poor, adj. and n.¹)
- Poor Knights
- Poor Knights of Windsor
- poor roll
(Under poor, v.)
- pooring
(Under pop, n.¹)
- pop machine
(Under pop, n.⁸ and adj.)
- pop-picker
- pop wine
(Under popify, v.)
- popified
(Under poplar, n.)
- poplar leaf beetle
- poplar tentmaker
- poplar-bordered
(Under Popovtsy, n.)
- Popovtsism
(Under popped, adj.)
- popped corn
(Under poppet, n.)
- poppet hole
(Under population, n.¹)
- population centre
- population III
(Under poral, adj.)
- porally
(Under porcellanite, n.)
- porcellanitic
(Under porch, n.)
- porch swing
- porch light
(Under pork, n.¹)
- pork belly
- pork-belly futures
- pork ham
- pork scratchings
- pork sword
- pork tapeworm
(Under porky, adj.)
- porky pie
(Under portable, adj. and n.)
- portable classroom
(Under portage, n.¹)
- portage trail
(Under portative, adj. and n.)
- portative organ
(Under port, n.¹)
- port authority
- port captain
- portgavel
- port warden
(Under port, n.³)
- port wages
(Under portentous, adj.)
- portentousness
(Under porter, n.³)
- porter cup
- porter ale
- porter beer
(Under porter, n.²)
- porter’s ale
- porter’s beer
- porter’s guzzle
(Under portfolio, n.)
- portfolio insurance
(Under portionable, adj.)
- portionably
(Under portion, n.)
- portion control
(Under portrait, n., adv., and adj.)
- portrait collar
- portrait neckline
(Under Portugal, n. and adj.)
- Portugal melon
(Under posing, n.²)
- posing pouch
(Under positional, adj.)
- positional astronomy
- positional cloning
- positional play
(Under position, n.)
- position statement
(Under positive, adj. and n.)
- positive reinforcement
- positive-sum
- positive-sum game
(Under postage, n.¹)
- postage due
(Under postal, adj. and n.)
- postal money order
- postal telegraph
(Under post, n.¹)
- post match
- post pattern
(Under post, n.³)
- post room
(Under post-, prefix)
- post-AIDS
- post-conflict
- post-consumer
- post-everything
- post-grunge
- post-hippie
- post-holocaust
- postinfection
- postirradiation
- post-main sequence
- post-partisan
- post-pill
- post-rave
- post-sales
- post-16
- post-tax
- post-yuppie
- post-Columbian
- postinflammatory
- postischaemic
- post-tussive
- post-apocalyptic
- postbiological
- post-communist
- post-critical
- post-Fascist
- post-gay
- post-historical
- post-ideological
- post-imperial
- post-ironic
- postliterate
- postnational
- post-processual
- post-racist
- post-religious
- post-secondary
- post-Soviet
- post-transcriptional
- post-transcriptionally
- post-translational
- post-translationally
- post-zygotic
- post-canine
- postcapillary
- postcardinal
- postjunctional
(Under post-concussional, adj.)
- post-concussional syndrome
(Under post-concussion, adj.)
- post-concussion syndrome
(Under poster, n.²)
- poster board
- poster boy
- poster child
- poster girl
(Under posterior, n., adj., and adv.)
- posterior mediastinum
- posterior presentation
(Under postero-, comb. form)
- postero-anterior
- posterodorsally
- posteroparietal
(Under post-exposure, adj. and adv.)
- post-exposure prophylaxis
(Under postmenopausal, adj.)
- postmenopausally
(Under post-polio, adj.)
- post-polio syndrome
(Under post-punk, adj. and n.)
- post-punker
(Under potash, n.)
- potash glass
- potash works
(Under potassium, n.)
- potassium feldspar
- potassium hydroxide
- potassium nitrate
- potassium permanganate
(Under potato, n.)
- one potato, two potato
- potato cyst nematode
- potato leafhopper
- potato print
- potato skin
- potato stalk borer
- potato top
- potato wart
- potato wart disease
- potato whisky
- potato bed
- potato farmer
- potato farming
(Under potato head, n.)
- Mr (also Mrs) Potato Head
- Mr Potato Head
- Mrs Potato Head
(Under potato root, n.)
- potato root eelworm
(Under pot-bellied, adj.)
- pot-bellied pig
- Vietnamese pot-bellied pig
(Under pot, n.¹)
- pot of the head
- pot egg
- pot holder
- pot-keep
- pot light
- pot lighting
- pot shelf
- pot venison
- pot warmer
- pot seller
(Under potential, adj. and n.)
- potential difference
(Under potentially, adv.)
- potentially exempt transfer
(Under potentize, v.)
- potentizing
(Under pothole, n.)
- pothole lake
(Under Pott, n.)
- Pott’s curvature
- Pott’s paraplegia
(Under pottery, n.)
- pottery mould
- pottery oven
(Under potty, n.)
- potty-mouthed
- potty parity
(Under pouch, n.)
- pouch pocket
(Under pouched, adj.)
- pouched gopher
- pouched rat
(Under poulard, n.)
- poulard wheat
(Under pound, n.¹)
- pound-cost averaging
- pound royal
(Under pound, n.²)
- poundpenny
- pound pup
- pound puppy
(Under povidone, n.)
- povidone-iodine
(Under powder, n.¹)
- powder-coated
- powder coating
- powder hound
- powder pink
(Under powdering, n.)
- powdering gear
- powdering puff
(Under power, n.¹)
- power of agency
- power alley
- power amp
- power ballad
- powerband
- power bloc
- powerbox
- power breaker
- power breakfast
- power chord
- power cord
- power-crazed
- power-crazy
- power-drunk
- power forward
- power grab
- power-grabber
- power lunch
- power luncher
- power lunching
- power nap
- power outage
- power pitcher
- power pop
- power popster
- power projection
- powershift
- power shower
- power slide
- power-slide
- power socket
- power strip
- power suit
- power surge
- power tie
- power tower
- power user
- power wash
- power-wash
- power washer
- power washing
- power window
- power yoga
- power zoom
(Under power, v.)
- to power up
- to power down
(Under powerful, adj., n., and adv.)
- powerful-looking
(Under power-trip, v.)
- power-tripping
(Under Poynings, n.)
- Poynings’ Act
(Under Poynting–Robertson, n.)
- Poynting–Robertson effect
- Poynting–Robertson drag
(Under practical, adj. and n.)
- practical theology
- practical-headed
- practical-based
(Under practically, adv.)
- practically minded
(Under practice, n.)
- practice range
- practice tee
(Under practised | practiced, adj.)
- practisedly
(Under prairie, n.)
- prairie buffalo
- prairie deer mouse
- prairie dove
- prairie lark
- prairie lily
- prairie meadow mouse
- prairie mole
- prairie mouse
- prairie phlox
- prairie plum
- prairie skirt
- prairie vole

Out-of-sequence new entries

14 December 2006 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

ad feminam, adv. and adj.
adhocracy, n.
appam, n.
après-skiing, n.
ashtanga, n.
auditionee, n.
auditioner, n.
baba ganoush, n.
baby blues, n.¹
baby blues, n.²
back channel, n.
bad eye, n.
bad mind, n. and adj.
bad-minded, adj.
bad-talk, v.
bahu, n.
ballyhooed, adj.
binge eat, v.
binge eater, n.
binge eating, n.
bioactive, adj.
booger, n.¹
booger, n.²
bris, n.
brit, n.⁴
brit milah, n.
bubbe, n.
Bundt, n.
candomblé, n.
caponata, n.
chalcogen, n.
chalcogenide, n.
chedi, n.
chemo, n.
child-free, adj.
chuffing, adj.
cinephile, n.
cinephilia, n.
conidiogenesis, adj.
conidiogenous, adj.
corporatization, n.
corporatize, v.
coulis, n.
Cretacean, adj. and n.
cross-contaminate, v.
cross-contamination, n.
cross-party, adj.
cryptid, n.
dandiya, n.
dandiya raas, n.
dartitis, n.
diel, adj. (and n.)
dupatta, n.
ear bud, n.¹
ear bud, n.²
Eeyorish, adj.
escabeche, n.
fitna, n.
flob, n.
flob, v.²
FOB, n.⁴
foot-tapping, n.
foot-tapping, adj.
fugly, n. and adj.
giant slalom, n.
Granthi, n.
greigite, n.
groupware, n.
Guru Granth Sahib, n.
gyoza, n.
heinie, n.²
hijiki, n.
hinky, adj.
hoisin, n.
hospitalist, n.
hypericin, n.
insource, v.
insourcing, n.
jiaozi, n.
jobseeker, n.
ketide, n.
ladyboy, n.
La Niña, n.
perpyne, n.
RU-486, n.
self-medicator, n.
shiso, n.
silver bullet, n.
Sudoku, n.
sufferation, n.
Super-G, n.
super giant slalom, n.
supermini, n.²
superminicomputer, n.
tag sale, n.
tajine, n.
Talibanization, n.
Talibanize, v.
Talibanized, adj.
T-ball, n.
thigh-high, adv., adj., and n.
trou, n.
tupuna, n.
umami, n.
undercard, n.
unelectable, adj.
uthappam, n.
vinyasa, n.
webcast, v.
webcaster, n.
wick, v.³
zayde, n.

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

(Under absentee, n. and adj.)
- absentee ballot
(Under active, adj. and n.)
- activewear
(Under administrative, adj.)
- administrative leave
(Under air, n.¹)
- air rights
- air show
(Under asynchronous, adj.)
- asynchronous transfer mode
(Under autism, n.)
- autistic spectrum disorder
(Under baby, n.)
- baby alarm
- baby listening
- baby monitor
(Under bake, v.)
- bake sale
(Under best, adj. and adv.)
- best-of
(Under binge, n.²)
- binge–purge
- binge-and-purge
(Under birth, n.¹)
- birth mother
- birth father
(Under breakfast, n.)
- breakfast bar
(Under calliper | caliper, n.)
- caliper brake
(Under card, n.²)
- card counter
- card counting
(Under city, n.)
- city boy
- city girl
(Under coffee, n.)
- coffee culture
(Under convenience, n.)
- convenience food
(Under country, n.)
- country-western
(Under cruciate, adj.)
- cruciate sulcus
(Under crumple, v.)
- crumple zone
(Under driving, n.)
- driving range
(Under E, n.)
- ESN
(Under electric, adj. and n.)
- electric window
(Under extraordinary, adj., adv., and n.)
- extraordinary rendition
(Under fair, adj. and n.²)
- fair bet
(Under fibrous, adj.)
- fibrous dysplasia
(Under first, adj., (n.), and adv.)
- first responder
(Under Florida, n.)
- Florida anise
(Under G, n.)
- GM
(Under goal, n.)
- goal cage
(Under hard, adj. and n.)
- hard power
(Under head, n.¹)
- headrush
(Under Helmholtz, n.)
- Helmholtz function
(Under high, adj. and n.²)
- high post
(Under I, n.)
- IMEI
(Under initiation, n.)
- initiation codon
(Under in-line, n. and adj.)
- in-line skate
- in-line skating
- in-line skater
(Under internal, adj. and n.)
- internal exile
(Under lawn, n.²)
- lawn bowling
(Under L, n.)
- LSB
(Under liquid, adj. and n.)
- liquid measure
(Under logistical, adj.)
- logistical nightmare
(Under low, adj. and n.)
- low post
(Under sample, n.)
- sample market
(Under S, n.¹)
- SSRI
(Under selective, adj.)
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
(Under serving, n.)
- serving suggestion
(Under shoulder, n.)
- shoulder surf
- shoulder surfer
- shoulder surfing
(Under soft, adj.)
- soft power
(Under spring, n.¹)
- springform
(Under taco, n.)
- taco salad
(Under tall, adj., (n.), and adv.)
- tall poppy
- tall poppy syndrome
(Under tidal, adj.)
- tidal bore
(Under triple, adj. (and adv.))
- triple witching
- triple witching hour
(Under U, n.¹)
- USB
(Under universal, adj., (adv.), and n.)
- Universal Serial Bus
(Under work, n.)
- work–life
- work–life balance
- workplace nursery

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

aborted, adj.
absentee, n. and adj.
actual, adj.
advantaged, adj.
airport, n.
anchor, n.¹
answer, n.
authoring, n.
bandeau, n.
best, adj. and adv.
binge, n.²
blip, n.
Brussels, n.
buggy, adj.
cachet, n.
cage, n.
cager, n.
cap, n.¹
cap, v.¹
clathrate, adj.
coin, n.
commando, n.
compatibility, n.
compatible, adj. and n.
cookie, n.
coquina, n.
dairy, n.
defender, n.
driven, adj.
electable, adj.
engine, n.
fit-up, n.
gyratory, adj.
head, n.¹
hincty, adj.
huff, v.
huffer, n.
huffing, n.
iconic, adj.
initiation, n.
milk, n.¹ and adj.
mixed, adj.²
motivational, adj.
moustache | mustache, n.
muryan, n.
muscle, n.
Napoleonic, adj.
netcast, n.
netcast, v.
net-caster, n.¹
netcaster, n.²
netcasting, n.
news, n.
Nigerien, adj. and n.
P, n.
panchax, n.
pan-pan, n.
park, n.
quintessence, n.
schmeer, n.
slaughter, n.
spit, v.²
sucker, n.
take, v.
tender, adj., (adv.), and n.³
territory, n.¹
text, n.¹
transgressive, adj.