New words list March 2002

14 March 2002 saw the publication of the range of entries mid-Mirzapur in the New Edition. In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, this range contains the entries listed below. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet.

List of new words

• mid-afternoon, n., adv., and a.
• Mid-America, n.
• Mid-American, a. and n.
• midazolam, n.
• mid-cap, n.
• mid-career, n. and a.
• mid-continent, a. and n.
• mid-continental, a.
• mid-deep, n.
• middelmannetjie, n.
• middelskot, n.
• Middle Easterner, n.
• Middle England, n.
• Middle Englander, n.
• Middle Europe, n.
• middleman, v.
• middle-of-the-roadism, n.
• middle-of-the-roadness, n.
• middle order, n.
• middle path, n.
• middle-roader, n.
• middle-size, a.
• middleware, n.
• Middle Westerner, n.
• middlewoman, n.
• middle zone, n.
• middling, n.²
• Mide, n. (and a.)
• mid-engine, a.
• mid-engined, a.
• Midewiwin, n.
• midface, n. and a.
• mid-fast Sunday, n.
• midgates, adv.
• midgic, n.
• midgie, n.
• mid-ground, n.
• midhusband, n.
• Midianite, n. and a.
• Midianitish, a. (and n.)
• midibus, n.
• midi system, n.¹
• MIDI system, n.²
• mid-latitude, n. and a.
• mid-market, a. and n.
• mid-morning, n. and a.
• Midori, n.
• midouten, prep.
• mid-Pacific, a. and n.
• midpiece, n.
• mid-price, a. and n.
• mid-priced, a.
• midrashist, n.
• midsagittally, adv.
• midshore, a.
• mid-size, a.
• mid-sized, a.
• midsummer month, n.
• mid-teen, n. and a.
• midtowner, n.
• midwards, adv.
• midweeker, n.
• midzonal, a.
• Mie, n.
• Mien, n.³ and a.
• miened, a.
• mierda, int.
• miesies, n.
• mieskeit, n.
• miffed, a.
• mifky-pifky, n.
• mig, n.²
• MIG, n.⁴
• migawd, int.
• miggie, n.
• miggle, n.
• mighe, v.
• might, v.
• mightsomeness, n.
• migrainoid, a.
• migrancy, n.
• migrater, n.
• migrationism, n.
• mihanere, n. (and a.)
• mihi, n.
• mi’ja, n.
• mi’jita, n.
• mi’jito, n.
• mijnpacht, n.
• mi’jo, n.
• Mikadoism, n.
• Mikasuki, n. and a.
• mike, n.⁵
• Mike, n.⁸
• mike, v.²
• Mike-Mike, n.
• mikeside, n. and adv.
• miking, n.²
• miko, n.
• mikoshi, n.
• Mikulicz, n.
• milagro, n.
• Milan, n.³
• Milanaise, n.
• Milanese, n.²
• Milankovitch, n.
• milarite, n.
• milbemycin, n.
• milch, n.²
• milchglas, n.
• mildening, n.
• mildewcide, n.
• mildewicide, n.
• mile, v.
• miles, n.²
• milieu intérieur, n.
• militantism, n.
• militaristically, adv.
• militician, n.
• Militine, n.
• milksoppery, n.
• milksoppish, a.
• mille, n.¹ (and a.)
• millefolium, n.
• millenarianist, n. and a.
• millerandage, n.
• Miller-Dieker syndrome, n.
• mille tonnerres, int. (and n.)
• milliarium, n.
• millier, n.
• milligrade, n.
• millim, n.
• milline, n.
• milliohm, n.
• milliweak, a.
• mill tog, n.
• mill-wash, v.
• mill-washing, n.
• milonga, n.
• milordo, n.
• milsey, v.
• mil-spec, n.
• milver, n.
• Milwaukeean, n.
• Milyan, n.
• Mimbreño, n. and a.
• Mimbres, a. and n.
• MIME, n.²
• mimetese, n.
• mimetesite, n.
• mimeticism, n.
• mimi, n. and a.
• mimiamb, n.
• mimicking, n.
• mimoseous, a.
• mimosite, n.²
• mimping, n.
• mimping, a.
• Mimusops, n.
• min, n.⁴, a.², and adv.
• min, v.⁴
• minakari, n.
• minarchist, n. and a.
• minarchy, n.
• Minarette, n.
• minceur, a. (and n.)
• minch, v.
• mincy, a.
• min dae, n. (and int.)
• mind-blind, a. (and n.)
• mind-blindness, n.
• mind-boggler, n.
• mind-brain, a. and n.
• Mindel-Riss, a.
• mind expansion, n.
• mind-fuck, n.
• mind-fuck, v.
• mindfucker, n.
• mindic, a.
• mindly, adv.
• mind-machine, n.
• mindon, n.
• mind-reading, a.
• mindscape, n.
• mindshare, n.
• mindstyle, n.
• mindware, n.
• mind-your-own-business, n.
• mined-out, a.
• mine-ness, n.
• mineral acid, n.
• mineral alkali, n.
• minerally, a.
• minerally, adv.
• mineral salt, n.
• minerogenesis, n.
• minerogenetic, a.
• minerogenic, a.
• minerotrophic, a.
• minerotrophy, n.
• mines, pron.
• mineworking, n.
• ming, n.³
• ming, n.⁴
• ming chi, n.
• minger, n.
• minging, a.
• Mingo, n. and a.
• minhag, n.
• mini, n.³
• mini, n.⁴
• mini-album, n.
• miniated, a.
• miniatured, a.
• minibeast, n.
• minibike, n.
• mini-black hole, n.
• mini-blind, n.
• minibore, a.
• mini-break, n.¹
• mini-brewery, n.
• mini-budget, n.
• minic, a.
• minical, a.
• minicamp, n.
• minichain, n.
• mini-chitted, a.
• minichromosome, n.
• minicircle, n.
• minicom, n.
• minicomputer, n.
• Miniconjou, n.
• minidisc, n.
• minidiskette, n.
• minifloppy, n.
• mini-flyweight, n.
• minigene, n.
• minigolf, n.
• minihelix, n.
• mini-hole, n.
• minikin, n.³ and a.³
• minikini, n.
• minilab, n.
• mini-language, n.
• mini-major, n.
• mini-mall, n.
• minimalness, n.
• mini-man, n.¹
• mini-man, n.²
• mini-market, n.
• mini-mart, n.
• minimeter, n.²
• minimetric, a.
• Minimi, n.
• mini-mill, n.
• minimist, n.
• minimum naturale, n.
• mini-nuke, n.
• minipill, n.
• miniprint, a. and n.
• mini-putt, n.
• mini roundabout, n.
• mini-rugby, n.
• minisatellite, n.
• Minisink, n. (and a.)
• ministerialis, n.
• minisuper, n.
• minisupercomputer, n.
• mini-system, n.
• Minitab, n.
• Minitel, n.
• minitower, n.
• mink, n.²
• Minkowski, n.
• Minkowskian, a.
• min-max, a. and n.
• Min-Min, n.
• minneola, n.
• minnerichi, n.
• minnesotaite, n.
• Minnesotian, n.
• Minnetaree, n.
• minniebush, n.
• minny, a.
• minocycline, n.
• minorant, n. and a.
• minorate, a.
• minore, a. (and n.)
• minoritarian, n. and a.
• minorization, n.
• minoxidil, n.
• Minseito, n.
• minshuku, n.
• minter, n.³
• Mintie, n.
• mintiness, n.
• minutage, n.
• minutissimic, a.
• minutize, v.
• minverite, n.
• mio-, comb. form
• miospore, n.
• Mir, n.⁴
• Mira, n.
• miraa, n.
• Mirabilis, n.²
• mirack, a.
• miracled, a.
• miraculin, n.
• miraculism, n.
• Miraj, n.
• miramur, n.
• Mirandize, v.
• mirasdar, n.
• mirding, n.
• mired, n.
• Miri, n.² and a.
• mirin, n.
• miriti, n.
• mirkning, n.
• mirl, v.
• mirmillo, n.
• mirmilloner, n.
• miromiro, n.
• mirous, a.
• mirr, v.
• mirror-symmetric, a.
• mirror-symmetrical, a.
• mirror symmetry, n.
• mis’, n.¹
• mis, n.²

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

• (Under mid, a., n.¹, and adv.²)
  • mid-century
  • mid-court
  • midlist
  • mid-shaft
  • mid-tide
  • mid-deck
  • mid-level
  • mid-management
  • mid-ordinate
  • midplane
  • mid-position
  • mid-rise
  • midshire
  • midsole
  • mid-tech
  • midtempo
  • mid-terrace
  • midvein
• (Under middle, a. and n.)
  • Middle Atlantic
  • Middle Britain
  • middlebuster
  • middle commissure
  • middle course
  • middle cut
  • Middle Dutch
  • Middle German
  • Middle High German
  • middle level
  • middle linebacker
  • middle market
  • middle market price
  • middle one
  • middle peasant
  • Middle Persian
  • Middle Platonism
  • Middle Platonist
  • middle power
  • middle relief
  • middle slip
  • Middle Stone Age
  • middle temperature error
  • Middle Youth
  • middle-high
• (Under middlebrow, n. and a.)
  • middlebrowism
• (Under middle-land, n. and a.)
  • middle-land sea
• (Under middling, a.¹)
  • middling interest
• (Under midge, n.)
  • midge net
• (Under Midland, a. and n.)
  • the Midlands
• (Under mid-life, n. and a.)
  • mid-lifer
• (Under midnight, n. and a.)
  • midnight ball
  • midnight basketball
  • midnight cowboy
  • midnight dark
  • midnight hour
  • midnight lamp
  • midnight movie
  • midnight prayer
  • midnight requisition
  • midnight requisitioning
  • midnight watching
• (Under midship, n. and a.)
  • midship section
• (Under midshipman, n.)
  • Midshipman Ordinary
  • Midshipman Extra
  • Midshipman Extraordinary
  • midshipman’s watch and chain
• (Under midsummer, n.)
  • midsummer maze
  • midsummer quarter
  • midsummer term
  • midsummer-tide
• (Under midwife, v.)
  • midwived
• (Under Mie, n.)
  • Mie scattering
  • Mie theory
• (Under migraine, n.)
  • migraine equivalent
  • migraine-like
• (Under migrant, a. and n.)
  • migrant camp
  • migrant hostel
  • migrant labour
  • migrant labour camp
  • migrant labourer
  • migrant labour system
  • migrant ship
  • migrant worker
• (Under migration, n.)
  • Migration Age
  • migration myth
  • migration path
  • Migration Period
  • Migration style
• (Under migratory, a. and n.)
  • migratory labour
  • migratory locust
  • migratory worker
• (Under Mike, n.⁴)
  • Mike boat
• (Under Milanese, n.¹ and a.)
  • Milanese mandolin
• (Under mile, n.¹)
  • mile-fortlet
  • Mile High Club
  • mile marker
  • milepath
• (Under miliary, a. and n.)
  • miliary tuberculosis
• (Under miliolite, n.)
  • miliolite limestone
• (Under militarize, v.)
  • militarizing
• (Under military, a. and n.)
  • military barracks
  • military brat
  • military discipline
  • military heel
  • military hotel
  • military-looking
  • military macaw
  • military policewoman
  • military press
  • military reservation
  • military reserve
  • military school
  • military-industrial
• (Under milk, n.¹ and a.)
  • milk-bar cowboy
  • milk basket
  • milk board
  • milk booth
  • milk-box
  • milk drink
  • milk gap
  • milk gravy
  • Milk Marketing Board
  • Milk Marque
  • milk money
  • milk monitor
  • milk paint
  • milk pan
  • milk pie
  • milk poultice
  • milk product
  • Milk Race
  • milk record
  • milk sack
  • milk-separator
  • milk solids
  • milk store
  • milk-tart
  • milk-cap
  • milk drop
  • milkmaidens
• (Under milk, v.)
  • milk-purse
• (Under milking, n.)
  • milking booster
  • milking cell
  • milking generator
• (Under milk-white, a. and n.)
  • milk-white girdle
  • milk-whitish
• (Under milky, a.)
  • milky grain
• (Under Milky Way, n.)
  • Milky Way galaxy
• (Under mill, n.¹)
  • mill bank
  • mill-clapper
  • mill-clow
  • mill field
  • mill pit
  • mill-wand
  • mill-yair
• (Under mill, n.⁶)
  • mill rate
• (Under millennial, a. and n.)
  • millennial generation
• (Under millennium, n.)
  • millennium baby
  • millennium bomb
  • millennium bug
• (Under miller, n.¹)
  • miller fowl
  • miller’s grape
• (Under millet, n.¹)
  • millet wine
• (Under milli-, comb. form)
  • milliarcsecond
• (Under millimetre, n.)
  • millimetre wave
• (Under millimetric, a.)
  • millimetrically
• (Under milling, n.¹)
  • milling frolic
• (Under million, a. and n.)
  • million city
  • million dollar question
  • million-dollar weed
  • million-dollar wound
  • million-dollared
  • million-pound
  • million-selling
• (Under millionaire, n. and a.)
  • millionaire’s defence
  • Millionaires’ Mile
  • millionaire’s salad
  • millionaire’s shortbread
• (Under millisecond, n.)
  • millisecond pulsar
• (Under Mills & Boon, n. and a.)
  • Mills and Boonish
• (Under mimeograph, v.)
  • mimeographing
• (Under mimic, a. and n.)
  • mimic board
• (Under mimosa, n. and a.)
  • mimosa thorn
  • mimosa thorn bush
• (Under minarchy, n.)
  • minarchic
• (Under minced, a.)
  • minced oath
• (Under mincing, a.)
  • mincing-pincing
• (Under mind, n.¹)
  • mind candy
  • mind-child
  • mind food
  • mind frame
  • mind link
  • mind map
  • mind-meld
  • mind-trip
  • mind-trip
  • mind-tripping
  • mind virus
  • mind-warp
• (Under mind-body, n. and a.)
  • mind-body problem
• (Under mine, n.)
  • mines and minerals
  • mine canary
  • mine clearance
  • mine countermeasures
  • mine dance
  • mine-free
  • mine-planter
  • mine plough
• (Under miner, n.¹)
  • miner’s cat
  • miner’s dogwood
  • miner’s lettuce
  • miner’s licence
• (Under mineral, a.)
  • mineral fibre
  • mineral spirits
• (Under miniature, n. and a.)
  • miniature sheet
• (Under minikin, n.² and a.²)
  • minikin gut
• (Under minim, n.¹)
  • minim confusion
• (Under minimal, a.)
  • minimal brain dysfunction
  • minimal surface
• (Under minimally, adv.)
  • minimally invasive
• (Under minimum, n. and a.)
  • minimum charge
  • minimum deterrence
  • minimum deterrent
• (Under mining, n.)
  • mining pan
• (Under mining, a.)
  • mining moth
• (Under minister, n.)
  • minister resident
  • minister’s face
  • minister’s head
  • minister’s permit
  • minister tax
• (Under ministrate, v.)
  • ministrating
• (Under mink, n.¹ and a.)
  • mink frog
  • minkhound
• (Under Minkowski, n.)
  • Minkowski inequality
• (Under minor, a. and n.)
  • minor arcana
  • minor county
  • minor element
  • minor penalty
  • minor shoulder-knot
  • minor tranquillizer
• (Under Minorca, n.)
  • Minorca oil
• (Under minority, n. and a.)
  • minority government
  • minority interest
  • Minority Leader
  • minority rule
  • minority shareholder
• (Under minstrel, n.)
  • minstrels’ gallery
• (Under mint, n.¹)
  • mint-signature
• (Under mint, n.²)
  • mint weed
  • mint imperial
• (Under minus, prep., n., adv., and a.)
  • minus point
• (Under minute, n.¹)
  • minute costs
  • minute minder
  • minute pudding
• (Under Mira, n.)
  • Mira-type
• (Under miracle, n.)
  • miracle cure
  • miracles playing
• (Under Mirandize, v.)
  • Mirandized
• (Under mirr, v.)
  • mirring
• (Under mirror, n.)
  • mirror ball
  • mirror dory
  • mirror globe
  • mirror lens
  • mirror lock-up
  • mirror phase
  • mirror-reading
  • mirror shades
  • mirror site
  • mirror tile
  • mirror vision

Out-of-sequence new entries

14 March 2002 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• all-seater, a. and n.
• all-star, a. and n.
• all-you-can-eat, a. (and n.)
• auteur, n. and a.
• auteurism, n.
• auteurist, n. and a.
• banoffi, n.
• barfly, n.
• batty, n.
• benchmark, v.
• benchmarking, n.
• blue box, n.
• boff, n.¹ and a.
• boff, n.²
• boff, n.³
• boff, v.
• boffo, n.¹ and a.²
• boffo, a.¹ and n.²
• boffola, n. and a.
• bog-standard, a.
• booty, n.³
• Bork, v.
• borking, n.
• borscht belt, n. and a.
• borscht circuit, n.
• box-standard, n. and a.
• brain-box, n.
• breadhead, n. and a.
• bubble-wrap, v.
• bubble wrap, n.
• bubble-wrapped, a.
• ‘burb, n.
• capsaicin, n.
• changeup, n.
• channel graze, v.
• channel grazer, n.
• channel grazing, n.
• channel-hop, v.
• channel hopper, n.
• channel-hopping, n.
• channel-hopping, a.
• channel zapper, n.
• chocoholic, n. and a.
• churrascaria, n.
• churrasco, n.
• clathrin, n.
• Clause Four, n.
• Clipper, n.³
• dance hall, n.
• death, a.²
• def, a.
• dis, n.³
• dis, v.³
• dissing, n.
• DWEM, n.
• ethnic cleanser, n.
• ethnic cleansing, n.
• feminazi, n.
• filk, n.
• filk, v.
• filker, n.
• filking, n.
• flamage, n.
• for-profit, a. and n.
• future history, n.
• future-proof, a.
• future-proof, v.
• future-proofed, a.
• future-proofing, n.
• gaugino, n.
• gobshite, n.
• Hertzsprung, n.
• Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, n.
• higgsino, n.
• New Ageism, n.
• New Agey, a.
• new laddish, a.
• new laddishness, n.
• new world order, n.
• non-profit, n. and a.
• not-for-profit, a. (adv.) and n.
• pappardelle, n.
• paraglide, n.
• paraglide, v.
• paragliding, n.
• party animal, n.
• penne, n.
• qawwal, n.
• qawwali, n.
• qubit, n.
• ragga, n.
• rebetic, a.
• rebetika, n.
• rebetis, n.
• Russell diagram, n.
• splatterpunk, n.

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

• (Under adhesion, n.)
  • adhesion molecule
  • cell adhesion molecule
• (Under all, a., n., and adv.)
  • all day
  • all night
  • to be (also take) all day
  • don’t be all day!
  • not to have all day
  • to be all yours
  • all-singing, all-dancing
  • all singing and dancing
  • all-expense
  • all-expense-paid
  • all-expenses
  • all-expenses-paid
  • all-new
  • all-night sitting
  • all-ticket
• (Under ambient, a. and n.)
  • ambient temperature
• (Under ball, n.¹)
  • ball-doctoring
  • ball tampering
• (Under blow, v.¹)
  • to blow a kiss
  • to blow away
  • to blow off
  • to blow out
  • to blow out of the water
  • to blow a gasket
• (Under blown, ppl. a.¹)
  • blown away
• (Under bouncing, vbl. n.)
  • bouncing castle
• (Under bouncy, a.)
  • bouncy castle
• (Under breast, n.)
  • breast implant
• (Under brick, n.¹)
  • built like a brick shithouse
  • brick shithouse
  • built like a brick house
  • brick house
• (Under bubble, n.)
  • bubble curl
  • bubble-curled
  • bubble economy
  • bubble-jet
  • bubble-jet printer
  • bubble perm
  • bubble-permed
• (Under bully, n.¹)
  • bully court
• (Under carbon, n.)
  • carbon sink
• (Under case, n.¹)
  • on the case
  • to get off a person’s case
  • get off my case!
  • to be on a person’s case
  • case management
  • case manager
• (Under cash, n.¹)
  • cashback
• (Under chattering, ppl. a.)
  • chattering classes
• (Under Christmas, n.)
  • Christmas cactus
• (Under circle, n.)
  • circle change
• (Under clause, n.)
  • Clause 28
• (Under coated, ppl. a.)
  • coated pit
  • coated vesicle
• (Under conjoined, ppl. a.)
  • conjoined twin
• (Under coronation, n.)
  • coronation chicken
• (Under dragon, n.¹)
  • dragon economy
  • little dragon
• (Under E)
  • EDI
• (Under electronic, a.)
  • electronic data interchange
  • Electronic Data Interchange
• (Under ethnically, adv.)
  • ethnically clean
  • ethnically cleanse
  • ethnically cleansed
• (Under executive, a. and n.)
  • executive decision
  • executive toy
• (Under fantasy, n.)
  • fantasy league
  • fantasy football
  • fantasy cricket
  • fantasy baseball
• (Under fashion, n.)
  • fashion victim
• (Under flame, n. and a.)
  • flame mail
• (Under gas, n.¹)
  • gas giant
• (Under gaze, n.)
  • the male gaze
• (Under giant, n. and a.)
  • giant branch
  • giant planet
• (Under hole, n.)
  • hole punch
• (Under hyper-, prefix)
  • hyperbook
  • hyper-drawing
  • hyper-fiction
  • hyper-film
  • hyper-movie
  • hyper-novel
  • hyper-poem
  • hyper-tale
  • hyper-zine
  • hyperlearning
  • hyper-sexuality
  • hyper-world
  • hypergenerated
  • hyper-music
  • hyper-musician
• (Under I)
  • IP
• (Under New Age, n.)
  • New Age traveller
• (Under P)
  • PDA
• (Under personal, a. and n.)
  • personal digital assistant
• (Under phyletic, a.)
  • phyletic gradualism
• (Under physician, n.)
  • physician-assisted suicide
• (Under pink, n.⁴ and a.²)
  • pink-collar
• (Under poisoned, ppl. a.)
  • poisoned chalice
• (Under quantum, n. and a.)
  • quantum bit
  • quantum computer
  • quantum computation
  • quantum computing
• (Under rotisserie, n.)
  • rotisserie league

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• ambient, a. and n.
• appropriation, n.
• appropriationist, n.
• baggy, a. and n. pl.
• bench-mark, n.
• blow, v.¹
• bubble, n.
• Charley, n.
• cleanse, v.
• cleansing, vbl. n.
• entanglement, n.
• flame, n. and a.
• flame, v.
• flamer, n.
• flaming, vbl. n.
• fratricide, n.²
• Lachesis, n.
• not, adv. and n.²
• paraglider, n.
• piggy, n.¹
• pisser, n.
• quintessence, n.
• ragamuffin, n. and a.
• splatter, n.²