OED Update: prima to proteose

Dave Wilton, Wednesday, June 20, 2007

On 14 June, the Oxford English Dictionary published their latest quarterly update, primarily covering the words from prima to proteose.

Additionally, the editors added a number of new words from outside the range. This include chill pill, flip-flopper, Islamofascist, sabermetrics, Gaia, and Syrah.

See the complete list of added words at http://dictionary.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html.

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I’ve written a bit about this as well, discussing some of the interesting new entries, such as “A. N. Other”, “bangarang”, and “prime time” (no, not the TV time slot).

See my punningly-titled entry “OED legitimizes Islamofascism” at: http://etymolog.blogspot.com/

Thanks! :D

on Jun 24 2007 @ 11:58 AM
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