Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Adds More Than More Than 500 New Words, Phrases, and Senses

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The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes more than 500 new words, phrases, and senses, including content creator, stroopwafel, and cosy crime.

Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Editor, Jennifer Hurd: Brand spanking new words in the OED December 2024 update.

Our latest update sees the revision of the word berserk. While today it’s mostly used as an adjective to refer to a wild rage, it is also a noun, originally meaning a warrior who fought with a wild ferocity. Learn about all this word in our revision notes by OED Executive Editors, Andrew Ball and Katrin Thier: Ferocious animals, wild warriors, and only possible wearing of shirts: the revision of berserk.

This update also sees words from West African English, as well as new words of Japanese origin, and words of Korean origin. Find out more in our release notes by OED Executive Editor, Danica Salazar: New words from around the world in the OED December 2024 update

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Additional Resources

• New words in the December 2024 OED update: entirely new headword entries appearing in OED for the first time
• New senses in the December 2024 OED update: new senses integrated into the body of newly or recently updated entries
• Additions to unrevised entries in the December 2024 OED update: new senses, compounds, or phrases appended to the end of existing OED entries which have not yet been updated for the Third Edition.

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