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As the Concise Oxford English Dictionary celebrates its centenary, Channel 4 News speaks to the editor about how words such as mankini, woot, and jeggings make it onto its pages. It’s one of the ...
An OED representative sent me a list in which staff analyzed all of the main entries in the concise version of the dictionary. "It's worth noting that the piece is pretty old," the OED ...
Every year around this time, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary releases a list of words that will be added to its next edition. It’s lucky that the announcement comes toward the end of ...
"Retweet" is one of the new words being added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, reports The Telegraph. Other words include "sexting" and "woot" -- words that show the influence of ...
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, has been added to the Talking English Dictionary application for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. Paragon Software Group, a software developer ...
This is a great feature that only Paragon Technologie’s version of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary replicates. But it isn’t indispensable. And it’s worth noting that even with the ...
The first edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary was published in June, 1911. A hundred years later the 12th, centenary edition is being published in August, 2011. Over this period, the Concise ...