More Than 600 New Words, Phrases, and Senses Added to Oxford English Dictionary (June 2017 Update)
From the OED Website:
More than 600 new words, phrases, and senses have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary this quarter, including hygge, post-truth, gin daisy, and widdly. You can read about other new and revised meanings in this article by Katherine Connor Martin, Head of US Dictionaries, and explore our timeline of veil words.
As this update also includes revisions to the word come, Denny Hilton, Senior Editor of the OED, explores the evolution of the term to come out in our release notes. You can also brush up on your serve—or your backhand or volley—in our discussion of tennis terms.
Resources
Direct to New Words List (June 2017)
Direct to New Word Notes (June 2017)
Direct to Release Notes: Coming Out
Direct to Release Notes: Tennis Terms
Direct to Reading Norman Mailer’s Letters
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