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Over 1000 New Words, Senses, and Subentries Added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (September 2017 Update)

Filed by on September 28, 2017

From the OED Website:

More than 1,000 new words, senses, and subentries have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including worstest, fungivorous, and corporation pop.

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This update also includes an exciting antedating of white lie by almost two centuries, found because of the work of our Shakespeare’s World volunteers. Find out more about the antedating, and how to volunteer, here.

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New Words Notes September 2017
by Katherine Connor Martin, Head of US Dictionaries

Release Notes: Beltway
by Benjamin Norris, Senior Assistant Editor of the OED

Release Notes: Indian English
by Danica Salazar, OED World English Editor

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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