Latest Update of Oxford Dictionaries Online Adds Many New Words Including Subtweet, Binge-Watch, Cray, and Cord Cutter
Note: Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO) and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) are different products and intended for different users/uses. Words in ODO might not be in OED. Both dictionaries are published by Oxford University Press. This page explains the main differences between the two reference tools.
Now, as far as the new words phrases, abbreviations, etc. that were added to the ODO during the August 2014 update, this ODO blog post includes a list, examples, and links to the definitions of 50 new words.
Direct to Oxford Dictionaries Online.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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