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Help: New Words in English Dictionary

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GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 8 Dec 2014 16:50


Daughter No3 is doing an art project for her honours year.

We know that the Oxford English Dictionary added 50,000 words in the last year but we can't find a comprehensive list.
We have already found about 1.000, but we need more.

Can anyone provide a contribution?
If it's not already on our list, it will be added to the artwork.

Thankies

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 8 Dec 2014 16:53

Try this website, GlasgowLass

http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/march-2014-update/new-words-list-march-2014/

There are links to June and September updates on the right hand side

:-)

Researching:
Go on, make my day!

Von

Von Report 8 Dec 2014 17:00

Have you tried this link?

http://public.oed.com/the-oed-today/recent-updates-to-the-oed/march-2014-update/new-words-list-march-2014/
About 1500 words on there

Von

Von Report 8 Dec 2014 17:01

Two minds with but a single thought Londonbelle :-D :-D :-D

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 8 Dec 2014 17:02

Von :-D :-D :-D

Great minds ;-)

Researching:
Go on, make my day!

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 8 Dec 2014 17:17

Thanks Londonbelle and Von but we already found that one :-( :-(

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 8 Dec 2014 17:35

Updates to the OED occur four times a year - in March, June, September and December.

Go here for a full listing by quarter, going back to 2000:

http://snipurl.com/29i8wq6

Researching:
Happy

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 8 Dec 2014 22:25

Thankies Everyone,
She found enough words to finish her artwork.

It is a picture of William Collins( 1789-1853) created entirely from "new" words
(His publishing company eventually produced Collins English Dictionary)

Researching:
Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016

Dermot

Dermot Report 9 Dec 2014 08:19

Where would any of us be without 'words' - old & forgotten ones often replaced by new terms.