December 2008 update: new words list

• ranchera, n.
• ranchy, adj.¹
• rancidification, n.
• rancidify, v.
• randonnée, n.
• rangeability, n.
• rangpur, n.
• rank ordering, n.
• rannel-perch, n.
• rantankerous, adj.
• rantle, n.
• rapamycin, n.
• raphid, n.
• raphid, adj.
• raphidian, adj.
• rapso, n.
• rara, n.
• rareness, n.²
• rasam, n.
• rascette, n.
• Rascian, n. and adj.
• rased, adj.
• rashed, adj.¹
• Rashomon, n.
• Rashomon-like, adj.
• Rashomon-style, adj. and adv.
• ras malai, n.
• rassclaat, n., (int.), and adj.
• rasted, adv.
• rasterization, n.
• rasterize, v.
• rasterizer, n.
• rastrum, n.
• rat, v.²
• ratamacue, n.
• ratcheting, n.
• ratcheting, adj.
• rateable, n.
• rationable, adj.²
• rat pack, n.²
• ratted, adj.³
• ratted, adj.⁴
• Ratz, n.
• raunch, v.
• ravelling | raveling, adj.
• ravishable, adj.
• raw food, adj.
• rawhider, n.
• rawk, n.
• Rayburn, n.
• ray-trace, v.
• ray tracer, n.
• razoo, n.¹
• razz, n.²
• razzle, v.¹
• Rb, n.¹
• Rb, n.²
• Rd., n.
• Re, n.³
• reachability, n.
• reacter, n.
• reactogenic, adj.
• reader-friendly, adj.
• readier, n.
• read-write, adj.
• ready roll, n.
• Reagan Democrat, n.
• reaming dish, n.

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

• (Under ranch, n.²)
  • ranch dressing
  • ranchslider
• (Under rancidify, v.)
  • rancidified
  • rancidifying
• (Under random, n., adv., and adj.)
  • random access
  • random-access memory
  • random copolymer
  • random distribution
  • random error
  • random noise
  • random number
  • random number generator
  • random play
  • random process
  • random sample
  • random selection
  • random variable
  • random variate
  • random walk
• (Under randy, adj. and n.¹)
  • randily
• (Under range, n.¹ and adv.)
  • range beacon
  • range change
  • range hood
  • range light
  • range stake
  • range-taker
  • range-clearer
  • range-clearing
  • range block
• (Under rank, adj. and adv.)
  • rank amateur
• (Under ransom, n.)
  • ransom bill
  • ransom payment
• (Under rant, n.)
  • rant line
• (Under rap, n.² (and int.))
  • rap metal
• (Under rape, n.³)
  • rape counselling
  • rape counsellor
  • rape kit
  • rape trial
  • rape victim
• (Under rapid, adj., adv., and n.)
  • rapid application development
  • rapid deployment
  • rapid deployment force
  • rapid prototyping
• (Under rapier, n.)
  • rapier belt
  • rapier-sharp
• (Under rapping, n.¹)
  • rapping iron
• (Under raptorial, adj. and n.)
  • raptorially
• (Under rare, adj.¹, (int.), adv.¹, and n.)
  • rare breed
  • rare groove
• (Under rash, n.⁴)
  • rash guard
  • rash vest
• (Under raspberry, n. and adj.)
  • raspberry cane
• (Under rasp, n.¹)
  • rasp-drum
• (Under raspy, adj.)
  • raspiness
• (Under rasterize, v.)
  • rasterized
• (Under ratbag, n.)
  • ratbaggery
• (Under rat, n.¹)
  • rat bait
  • rat fuck
  • rat king
  • rat printing office
  • rat shit
  • to feel rat shit
  • to go to rat shit
  • rat’s nest
  • rat colour
• (Under ratchel, n.)
  • ratchelly
• (Under ratchet, n.²)
  • ratchet handle
• (Under rate, n.¹)
  • rate poundage
• (Under Rathke, n.)
  • Rathke’s cleft
  • Rathke’s cleft cyst
• (Under ratify, v.)
  • ratifiable
• (Under rational, adj. and adv.)
  • Rational Christian
  • rational costume
  • rational dress
  • rational-emotive
  • rational-emotive therapy
  • rational-emotive behaviour therapy
  • rational expectations
  • rational formula
  • rational fraction
  • rational horizon
  • rational mechanics
• (Under rationative, adj.)
  • rationatively
• (Under ration, n.)
  • ration pack
  • ration stamp
  • ration cart
• (Under rat pack, n.¹)
  • rat packer
• (Under rat-run, n.)
  • rat-runner
  • rat-running
• (Under rattle, n.¹)
  • rattlepod
• (Under rattling, adj. and adv.)
  • rattling trap
• (Under rat trap, n. and adj.)
  • rat-trap cheese
• (Under raucous, adj.)
  • raucousness
• (Under raw, adj. and n.¹)
  • raw spun
  • raw ‘uns
  • raw-throated
• (Under raw food, adj.)
  • raw fooder
  • raw foodism
  • raw foodist
• (Under ray, n.³)
  • ray-mouthed dog
  • ray-mouthed dogfish
• (Under ray, n.⁵)
  • raylike
• (Under ray-trace, v.)
  • ray-traced
• (Under razorback, n. and adj.)
  • razorback sucker
• (Under razor-backed, adj.)
  • razor-backed hog
• (Under razorbill, n.)
  • razorbill auk
  • razorbill puffin
• (Under razor-billed, adj.)
  • razor-billed auk
  • razor-billed curassow
• (Under razor, n.)
  • razor ribbon
  • razor wire
  • ‘razory
• (Under reaction, n.)
  • reaction centre
  • reaction force
  • reaction mixture
  • reaction waterwheel
  • reaction product
• (Under reactivate, v.)
  • reactivated
• (Under reactive, adj. and n.)
  • reactive armour
  • explosive reactive armour
  • reactive schizophrenia
• (Under reactogenic, adj.)
  • reactogenicity
• (Under read, v.)
  • read-me file
• (Under reader-friendly, adj.)
  • reader-‘friendliness
• (Under reading, n.¹)
  • reading closet
  • reading club
  • reading hall
  • Reading Recovery
  • reading week
  • reading pulpit
• (Under ready, adj., adv., int., and n.)
  • ready-rolled
• (Under real, adj.², n.², and adv.)
  • real account
  • real books
  • real composition
  • real man
• (Under reality, n.)
  • reality therapy
• (Under re-, prefix)
  • refrequent
  • recriminalize

Out-of-sequence new entries

11 December 2008 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• Aesir, n.
• Asatru, n.
• avo, n.
• back East, adv. and n.
• bhasha, n.
• Blairism, n.
• Blairist, adj.
• Blairite, adj. and n.
• bocce, n.
• bomoh, n.
• brewski, n.
• brunie, n.
• CE, n.²
• cobot, n.
• cosplay, n.
• craic, n.
• criss, adj.
• cut-and-paste, adj. and n.
• Dagbani, n. and adj.
• de minimis, adv., n., and adj.
• dirt nap, n.
• dukun, n.
• eucatastrophe, n.
• ew, int.
• fake-out, n.
• feartie, n.
• federales, n.
• frenemy, n.
• Ganda, n. and adj.
• Gitksan, n. and adj.
• grab-ass, n.
• grab-ass, v.
• hydro, adj. and n.³
• jali, n.²
• jook, v.
• kloofing, n.
• Kobe, n.
• langar, n.
• masala, n.
• metaverse, n.
• MILF, n.
• mobo, n.
• Mumbaikar, n.
• neurotypical, adj. and n.
• pimped-out, adj.
• plus-one, n.
• pluterpositively, adv.
• podcast, n.
• podcast, v.
• podcaster, n.
• podcasting, n.
• po-po, n.
• public distance, n.
• Salafi, adj. and n.
• Salafist, adj. and n.
• Salafiyya, n.
• schwag, n. and adj.
• shapewear, n.
• shot put, n.
• sindoor, n.
• skeeze, n.
• skeezer, n.
• skeezy, adj.
• sleb, n.
• slow food, n.
• spec, v.
• Strat, n.
• suck-up, n.
• swag bag, n.
• sysadmin, n.
• takaful, n.
• Tase, v.
• Taser, v.
• Tele, n.⁴
• time suck, n.
• tirtha, n.
• tonsorially, adv.
• transhumanism, n.
• transhumanist, n.
• unitario, n.
• Vanir, n.
• Webinar, n.
• zardozi, n.
• zawn, n.

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

• (Under B, n.)
  • BME
• (Under bitch, n.¹)
  • bitch tits
• (Under burial, n.)
  • burial plot
• (Under capital, adj. and n.²)
  • capital structure
• (Under car, n.¹)
  • car-bomb
  • car-bombed
• (Under chai, n.)
  • chai latte
• (Under cheese, n.¹)
  • cheese spread
  • cheese wire
• (Under citizen, n.)
  • citizen journalism
  • citizen journalist
• (Under click, n.¹)
  • clicks and mortar
• (Under closet, n.)
  • closet drama
• (Under compound, adj.)
  • compound duple
• (Under copy, v.¹)
  • copy-protected
  • copy protection
• (Under criterion, n.)
  • criterion-referenced
  • criterion-referencing
• (Under crow, n.¹)
  • crow’s ash
• (Under cunt, n.)
  • cunt-struck
• (Under custard, n.)
  • custard cream
• (Under demob, n. and v.)
  • demob happy
• (Under eating, n.)
  • eating disorder
  • eating disordered
• (Under edible, adj. and n.)
  • edible frog
• (Under fake, v.²)
  • to fake out
• (Under F, n.)
  • FP
• (Under field, n.)
  • field hockey
• (Under firing, n.)
  • firing range
• (Under fish, n.¹)
  • fish and brewis
• (Under fry, n.²)
  • fry cook
• (Under full, adj., n.³, and adv.)
  • full-court press
• (Under great, adj., adv., and n.)
  • Great Roll
• (Under gross, adj. and n.⁴)
  • gross domestic product
• (Under heavy, adj.¹ and n.)
  • heavy hitter
• (Under I, n.¹)
  • IED
• (Under Jane | jane, n.²)
  • Jane Doe
• (Under key, n.¹)
  • keypal
• (Under limited, adj.)
  • limited-slip differential
• (Under S, n.¹)
  • STF
• (Under second hand | second-hand, n. and adj.)
  • secondhand smoke
• (Under special, adj., adv., and n.)
  • special rapporteur
• (Under staff, n.¹)
  • staff weapon
• (Under suite, n.)
  • suitemate
• (Under supplemental, adj. (and n.))
  • supplemental jurisdiction
• (Under sweet, adj. and adv.)
  • sweet roll
• (Under swinging, adj.)
  • swinging dick
  • big swinging dick
• (Under system, n.)
  • system administrator
  • systems administrator
• (Under telephone, n.)
  • telephone soliciting
  • telephone solicitor
• (Under thin, adj., n., and adv.)
  • thin gruel
• (Under toddler, n.)
  • toddler group
• (Under turkey, n.²)
  • Turkey Day
• (Under U, n.¹)
  • USP
• (Under unique, adj. and n.)
  • unique selling point
  • unique selling proposition
• (Under variety, n.)
  • variety meat
• (Under water, n.)
  • water-cooler
• (Under web, n.)
  • web author
  • web authoring
• (Under wine, n.¹)
  • wine cooler
• (Under X, n.)
  • X factor
• (Under young, adj. and n.¹)
  • Young Pretender
• (Under Zen, n.)
  • Zen garden

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• accessible, adj.
• amelioration, n.
• arse, n.
• avatar, n.
• aware, adj.
• boo | booh, int. (and n.¹)
• central, n.
• chai, n.
• chair, n.¹
• cork, n.¹
• countercharge, n.
• countercharge, v.
• cut, v.
• deliverable, adj.
• detail, v.¹
• detailing, n.
• dip, n.¹
• disgorge, v.
• dude, n.
• fit, adj.
• flight, n.¹
• furry, adj. and n.¹
• get, v.
• gun, n.
• hold, v.
• hook-up, n.
• into, prep. and adj.
• it, pron.
• jump, v.
• likely, adj. and adv.
• lo-fi, n.
• sappy, adj. (and n.)
• screwed, adj.
• share, n.³
• swag, n.
• tam, n.¹
• treeless, adj.
• troll, n.²
• tweak, v.
• tweaker, n.
• U, n.¹
• unvoiced, adj.
• writerly, adj.