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Words and meanings added in October 2017

AFAIC abbreviation

awks adjective

batboy noun

batgirl noun

biscotti noun

bodega noun

boreal adjective

bouillon cube noun

brewski noun

BRIC abbreviation

buddy-buddy adjective

cabalistic adjective

cabana noun

kick the can down the road idiom

cap noun (senses 6, 10)

card key noun

carny noun

carryall noun

cartoonish adjective

catbird noun, idiom

catch a cold idiom

cater for phrasal verb

cattail noun

celiac adjective

centre field noun

centre of mass noun

centripetal force noun

certifiable adjective (sense 2)

challah noun

channel noun (sense 4)

chavvy adjective

chaw noun

chawl noun

cherry bomb noun

cherry picker noun (sense 2)

child labour noun

child-maintenance noun

child support noun

chili dog noun

chiller noun

chill-out adjective

choke chain noun

choke collar noun

cis adjective

cisgender adjective

clean adjective (sense 5)

clicker noun

clock in phrasal verb

clone noun (sense 3)

too close for comfort idiom

in the closet idiom

cocoon verb (sense 2)

coeliac adjective

too cool for school idiom

be in somebody’s corner/have somebody in your corner idiom

crawler noun (sense 3)

criterium noun

critical care noun

crust verb

crystal noun (sense 4)

CSIS noun

customer service noun

cyclone noun (sense 2)

damaged goods noun

dampener noun

danger zone noun

dark meat noun

darling adjective (sense 2)

datable adjective (sense 2)

data warehousing noun

day camp noun

day labor noun

day labourer noun

the Day of Atonement noun

daypack noun

dead leg noun

dealmaker noun

death camp noun

death-defying adjective

debark verb

debt collector noun

debug noun

debutant noun

debutante noun

deep pockets noun

deep-pocketed adjective

deficit spending noun

double-double noun

live the dream idiom

each and every idiom

ear canal noun

early adjective (sense 2)

early doors idiom

early music noun

earmark noun (sense 2)

earn your stripes idiom

earth scientist noun

Easter bunny noun

Easter egg hunt noun

Easter Monday noun

ecstasy noun (sense 2)

ecstatic adjective (sense 2)

eish exclamation

FOMO abbreviation

forum noun (sense 2)

front room noun

gift card noun

green wall noun

head-mounted display noun

HMD abbreviation

ice chest noun

ICYMI abbreviation

identikit adjective

IDP abbreviation

IIRC abbreviation

in-line adjective

JAM noun (sense 4)

juke verb

killer instinct noun

lax adjective (sense 2)

legacy adjective (sense 2)

LGBTI abbreviation

LGBTQ abbreviation

living wall noun

low-carb adjective

Magic Marker noun

marginal adjective (sense 2)

MINT abbreviation

MMA abbreviation

monetize verb

mother ship noun (sense 2)

negative gearing noun

netminder noun

neurobiology noun

non-binary adjective

optics noun (sense 2)

outlier noun

PDA noun

peace officer noun

pet sitter noun

pinch point noun

pivot verb (sense 2)

plz adverb

podium noun

popularity contest noun

proxy server noun

proxy war noun

quarter-finalist noun

rakyat noun

rare earth noun

read-only adjective

red mist noun

roast verb (sense 4)

scheme noun (senses 3, 4)

Secret Santa noun

sharing economy noun

shootaround noun

showrooming noun

slam noun (sense 2)

smart casual noun

smiley adjective

sneak peek noun

soft launch noun

spoken word noun

STEAM abbreviation

cook, dance, etc. up a storm idiom

stretcher noun (sense 2)

like a stuck record idiom

sync verb (senses 1, 2)

TCO abbreviation

tear up phrasal verb

tech noun (sense 3)

tempeh noun

thought leader noun

thought leadership noun

touch point noun

upspeak noun

uptalk noun

virtual machine noun

watch your back idiom

the water cycle noun

web chat noun

whatshername noun

whatshisface noun

whatshisname noun

wingsuit noun

wriggle room noun

Words and meanings added in March 2017

above the line idiom

across preposition (sense 5)

architect noun (sense 3)

architect verb

around preposition (sense 6)

at-bat noun

at bat idiom

autocorrect noun

autocorrect verb

autonomous adjective (sense 3)

somebody’s back is turned idiom

bandwidth noun (sense 3)

batting average noun

beer money noun

below the line idiom

birther noun

birtherism noun

blind adjective (sense 7)

body shaming noun

boil the ocean idiom

boo-yah exclamation

bowling noun (sense 2)

box set noun

brand ambassador noun

Brexiteer noun

bring it idiom

bring it on! idiom

like a broken record idiom

buggy adjective

bundler noun

burn verb (sense 13)

burn rate noun

bury the lede/lead idiom

bust somebody’s chops idiom

bust your chops idiom

buy-to-let adjective

cage fighter noun

cage fighting noun

candy striper noun

at/in a canter idiom

canter verb (sense 2)

cap and trade noun

cardboard cut-out noun

caricature noun

carry noun

cascade verb (senses 3, 4)

cave-in noun (sense 2)

change something up phrasal verb

chaser noun (sense 3)

cherry-picking noun

chocolatey adjective

clean somebody’s clock idiom

clear blue water idiom

click rate noun

click-through noun (sense 3)

close¹ verb (sense 6)

clutch adjective

comms noun

concealed carry noun

cross hairs noun

the Dark Web noun

the Deep Web noun

deprecate verb (sense 2)

deprived adjective (sense 2)

discombobulate verb

discombobulated adjective

discombobulating adjective

dodge a/the bullet idiom

dog whistle noun

downvote noun

downvote verb

driverless adjective

east-west adjective

eco-warrior noun

EDM noun

end-stage adjective

epiphany noun (sense 2)

exit interview noun

exit strategy noun

extreme vetting noun

face plant verb

face plant noun

fake news noun

fam noun

fangirl noun

fan site noun

FGM abbreviation

fintech noun

fitness tracker noun

five a day idiom

FLOTUS abbreviation

fps abbreviation

free school noun

freesheet noun

free-spirited adjective

game face noun

gendered adjective

gene editing noun

geography noun (sense 4)

glitch noun (sense 2)

glitchy adjective

golden thread noun

grime noun (sense 2)

graduate assistant noun

H₂O noun

half-court noun

hard-ass adjective

hard-ass noun

hat tip noun

be having a moment idiom

heart verb

heart-wrenching adjective

heat map noun

home screen noun

hot-desk noun

hot-desk verb

hygge noun

hypertensive adjective

in the clutch idiom

in old money idiom

inside baseball idiom

jaffle noun

kabbalistic adjective

karmic adjective

keener noun

kick noun (sense 4)

labour camp noun

laggy adjective

land grab noun

land grabber noun

land grabbing noun

launderer noun

lead¹ noun (sense 5)

lede noun

life-affirming adjective

limiting adjective (sense 2)

malicious adjective (sense 2)

mana noun

matcha noun

mic drop noun

minority report noun

mixed martial arts noun

money launderer noun

money laundering noun

nail-biter noun

new money noun

the new normal idiom

north-south adjective

old money noun

omnium noun

onboard verb

onboarding noun

open carry noun

own verb (senses 2, 4)

be past caring idiom

plush toy noun

pod noun (sense 2)

POTUS abbreviation

power brick noun

post-truth adjective

pre-order noun

pre-order verb

protect verb (sense 5)

qi noun

radiation belt noun

replayability noun

replayable adjective

replay value noun

ripper noun (sense 2)

safe space noun

SCOTUS abbreviation

search term noun

self-driving adjective

the Semantic Web noun

share noun (sense 4)

sheesh exclamation

sign-off noun

silver bullet noun

spammy adjective

spin room noun

streetwear noun

swag noun
(senses 2, 5, 7)

ta-da exclamation

be on a tear idiom

techie adjective

tee noun (sense 3)

TL;DR abbreviation

tracker noun (senses 2, 3)

trigger warning noun

uncosted adjective

unlike verb (sense 2)

unviable adjective

upvote verb

upvote noun

vape noun

vetting noun

view noun (sense 7)

walk verb (senses 7,

wall noun (sense 5)

washable adjective (sense 2)

webcomic noun

wheelhouse noun (senses 2, 3)

white label noun

you and yours idiom

zakat noun

Words and meanings added in March 2016

angel noun (sense 4)

anyhoo adverb

awkward squad noun

back order noun

back-order verb

backstop noun

back-to-back adjective

bae noun

bailiwick noun

ballplayer noun

beardy adjective

beardy noun

block party noun

blog post noun

business angel noun

call somebody out phrasal verb

cam noun (sense 2)

capital noun (sense 5)

chemical adjective (sense 3)

class warrior noun

companion animal noun

cosplay noun

cosplay verb

cosplayer noun

counterargument noun

counterexample noun

culture warrior noun

dash cam noun

demo noun (senses 3 and 5)

dial something down phrasal verb

dial in phrasal verb

dial somebody in phrasal verb

dial up phrasal verb

dial something up phrasal verb

disciplinary adjective (sense 2)

double-dip verb

double-dip noun

double-dip recession noun

EdTech noun

ELL noun

entitled adjective

entitlement noun (sense 4)

fascism noun (sense 2)

frenemy noun

geek verb

gender gap noun

gender-neutral adjective

gnostic adjective

Gnosticism noun

hackathon noun

hacktivist noun

hangry adjective

hard power noun

heritage noun (sense 2)

heritage language noun

human capital noun

impactful adjective

interdisciplinarity noun

interoperability noun

keyboard warrior noun

kudos noun (sense 2)

listicle noun

man flu noun

manscaping noun

mansplain verb

mansplaining noun

manspreading noun

MNC noun

mudroom noun

MVP noun (sense 2)

net neutrality noun

network effect noun

on point idiom (sense 2)

political capital noun

postdoc noun

power couple noun

programmatically adverb

punch something up phrasal verb

put somebody on phrasal verb (sense 2)

reach out to somebody phrasal verb (sense 2)

rent-seeking noun

rent-seeking adjective

revenant noun

road warrior noun

sketchy adjective (sense 2)

social capital noun

soft key noun

soft power noun

standard issue noun

standard-issue adjective

STEM abbreviation

street adjective (sense 2)

street party noun

switcheroo noun

thanx exclamation

trackback noun

traction noun (sense 4)

warrior noun (sense 2)

WRT abbreviation

zip line noun

zip-lining noun

Words and meanings added in December 2015

ad blocker noun

agile adjective (sense 3)

always-on adjective

autotune noun

autotune verb

BAME abbreviation

big day noun

BME abbreviation

board shorts noun

brain freeze noun

Brexit noun

brittle noun

build noun (senses 2-5)

bush tucker noun

cash-rich adjective

clickbait noun

comfort break noun

comix noun

consumer confidence noun

consumer credit noun

consumer electronics noun

cross-disciplinary adjective

crowdfund verb

data-driven adjective

digital footprint noun

directional adjective (sense 3)

ecotown noun

embeddedness noun

emoji noun

equal marriage noun

experience points noun

eyeball noun

fandom noun

finger in the air idiom

flat white noun

frat boy noun

friend noun (sense 2)

fundraise verb

gender identity noun

geocache noun

Grexit noun

hedge fund noun

hoverboard noun

HVAC abbreviation

in-app adjective

in-app adverb

information security noun

infosec noun

intraoperative adjective

iterative adjective

jetpack noun

landscaping noun

level noun (sense 7)

level up phrasal verb

lifehack noun

life skill noun

mecha noun

meds noun

mentorship noun

millennial adjective

millennial noun

mindfulness noun

mind map noun

MMO noun

mood board noun

nanoscience noun

personal statement noun

picayune adjective

plus size noun

plus-size adjective

prank verb

preoperative adjective

preview noun (sense 4)

proof of concept noun

radicalization noun

riff noun (sense 2)

riff verb

ripped adjective

salad bar noun

selfie stick noun

service member noun

smartwatch noun

stand-up adjective (sense 4)

superfast adjective

takeaway noun

team building noun

touch-sensitive adjective

trail verb (sense 6)

trans adjective

trend verb

trending adjective

UAV noun

undead adjective

unlock verb (sense 4)

vertical adjective (sense 3)

vertical noun (sense 2)

vertical integration noun

voice-activated adjective

wearable noun

workup noun

world noun (sense 7)

XP noun

zero-hours adjective

December 2022

Over 800 fully revised and updated entries, and over 700 new words, phrases, and senses have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including final girl, tallywacker, and pinkie promise.

Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Senior Editor, Jonathan Dent.

OED Senior Editor, Matthew Bladen, explores in this blog post how Charlie Brown made it into the OED and popularised the word, blockhead.

Enjoyed our new football entries in our last update? Then have a read of OED Executive Editor, Andrew Ball’s football related update in the Historical Thesaurus of the OED.

OED Senior Consultant Phonetics Editor, Matthew Moreland, explores Indian English and Naturalization in this blog post.

Note on etymology

We are delighted to have written or revised a highly varied collection of etymologies this quarter, from which it is a pleasure to pick out a few highlights here.

Particularly prominent are a number of words Old English inherited from its Germanic parent, including buy, broad, build, for, from, half, and staff. For all of these the etymologies have been revised in detail, as well as the documentation of historical spelling variation (often very complex, especially for verbs such as buy or build).

There are also plenty of borrowings from Anglo-Norman and continental French, such as barber, block (which French had borrowed from Dutch), and disease. Borrowings from both French and Latin include course and slave, while ventilate and ventilation show borrowing directly from Latin.

A borrowing from Italian with a complex and fascinating earlier history is ghetto.

September 2022

Over 650 new words, senses, and sub-entries, have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including trequartista, influencer, and side hustle.  

Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED New Words Executive Editor, Craig Leyland.

OED Executive Editor, Matthew Bladen, takes a look at our entry for cabinet and explains how we make explains of everything from furniture to politics in this blog post.

OED Executive Editor, Kate Wild, explores ‘excellent’ words in the Historical Thesaurus of the OED in this blog post.

The September OED release includes revised entries for SHOCK and related words. Learn about the interesting discoveries revision has unearthed in this article by OED Senior Editor, Tania Styles.

Note on etymology

We are delighted to offer another varied mix of etymologies in the OED’s latest quarterly release.

Among words that go back to the Germanic origins of English are who (and whom and whose) and top. The various words all spelt shock in modern English show a variety of origins, and are particularly difficult to tease apart: probably we have here (at least) one word that goes back to the Germanic origins of English (although there are no surviving attestations from the Old English period), one word that was borrowed from either Middle Low German or Middle High German, and one word that was borrowed into English from French (although it had been borrowed into French ultimately from a continental Germanic language).

Medieval borrowings from French in this latest release include ancient, attorney, chancellor, and grocer. These probably all entered English primarily through Anglo-Norman, the variety of French used in medieval England for several centuries after the Norman Conquest (in literature as well as for many practical purposes, especially in the Law and in the keeping of business records). Another such word, that may surprise some, is blanket; here the -k- reveals the English word’s origins specifically in Anglo-Norman or related dialects in northern France, since the form in the French of Paris was blanchet (the word comes ultimately from Old French blanc ‘white’, as does English blank).

Two separate but ultimately related borrowings from French are shown by the two entries for cornet; the one word denotes various horn-shaped items (including the musical instrument), the other a type of medieval woman’s headdress involving a pointed cone, then the part of a headdress hanging down the back of the head, hence the pennon on a lance, and hence (by a long line of developments) a military rank (the lowest grade of commissioned officer in a troop of cavalry, who carried the colours).

Although it has the appearance of a French loanword, avail was probably formed within English, by prefixation of the verb vail, which was itself borrowed from (Anglo-Norman) French; the entries for both verbs are updated in this release.

Another word which entered English from French is coach, which first appears in both languages in the 1500s. French borrowed the word (as coche) probably from either Italian or German, but the word comes ultimately from Hungarian, originally from the name of Kocs, a town in Hungary where vehicles were produced.

A much later French loanword is blouse, which originally denoted a garment worn by workmen.

A very interesting etymological history is shown by cabinet. There is a close relationship with French cabinet, but the precise nature of the relationship is unclear: the English word may have been formed directly from cabin, which itself shows a borrowing from two distinct French words cabane and cabine. In order to explain this complex history, we have revised the etymology of cabin as well as cabinet, and both now appear in this release.

Other words where we have revised the etymology section in this release ahead of full revision of the entry include familiar words such as cradle (a word of Germanic origin) and secretary (a borrowing from Latin), alongside words that will be less familiar to many, such as broose (a Scottish and northern English race run on the occasion of a wedding, probably so called because the winner was awarded a cup of broo or broth) or tirelarigot (a French borrowing, and one of the many words for a heavy bout of drinking).

OED Deputy Chief Editor, Philip Durkin

Note about pronunciation

As ever, the revisions and new additions in this release offered the OED pronunciation team an interesting set of challenges. We needed to decide where to place stress (groceress, pumpkin spice), settle on appropriate levels of anglicization for loans (andouillette, baasskap, cornetto curvo), and disentangle monosyllabic y’all from disyllabic youall. We also watched more videos of football commentary than any of us is accustomed to, checking usage evidence for entries such as Cruyff turn and trequartista.

This release also features the first phase of a development we are really excited about: the addition of transcriptions for Indian English pronunciations to OED. Audio to accompany these transcriptions, and further information about our Indian English work in general, will follow  in phase two, in early 2023. The model and key are linked here and here. Ever since we began the work to add pronunciations other than British and US English, (link to https://public.oed.com/blog/june-2016-update-release-notes-world-english-pronunciations/) we have regarded the inclusion of Indian English as a priority, but it has taken a while for us to develop a transcription model which can handle the complexity of this major World English. In particular, the variation between the pronunciations of English words associated with the various regions of India was a challenge. While there are some pronunciation patterns that seem to broadly apply when an existing English word is adopted or adapted by Indian English speakers, speakers drawing on words originating from their own first language are very much influenced by knowledge of that language and rarely fully anglicize. For that reason, OED’s base Indian English model fully applies only to a subset of words including countrymade, biodata, and post-graduation. The remainder is processed through what we call ELSI (‘Extensions for Languages Spoken in India’), the part of our model giving scope to reflect a more Hindi-sounding pitara, a Bengali-flavoured sat-bhai, a more Gujurati pronunciation of bindaas, a Marathi-esque desai, and an Urdu-influenced chowkidar amongst others. Our process is rooted in academic descriptions of Indian English, enhanced by phonetic profiles of other languages steering ELSI, with review and application guided by consultant Dr Divyanshi Shaktawat. The result is a model which introduces eight symbols not used in any prior OED pronunciation model, but which allow us to reflect features such as retroflex (backwards-tongue-curled) articulations commonly associated with Indian English, plus a couple of sounds (/q, ɣ/) associated with specific first language influences.

Matthew Moreland and Catherine Sangster, of the OED pronunciations team

You can see the full list of words to be added in this update here.

June 2022

Nearly 700 new words, senses, and sub-entries, have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including ankle-biter, sharenting, and Mozart and Liszt.

Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Senior Editor, Jonathan Dent.

OED Executive Editor, Danica Salazar discusses the latest East African English words to be added to the OED, such as biting and daladala in this article.

OED Executive Editor, Kate Wild, explains how we have reviewed our coverage of words relating to vegetarianism and veganism in the Historical Thesaurus of the OED in this blog post.

Amongst the words revised as part of this update are ignore and ignoramus. Learn about the interesting discoveries revision has unearthed in this article by OED Executive Editor, Eleanor Maier.

Note on etymology

We are very pleased to have been able to tackle a large number of substantial and varied etymologies over the past quarter, now published as part of the OED’s latest quarterly release.

Among words that go back to the Germanic roots of English are dwarf, share, stand, the core grammatical word which, and the bird-name laverock and its more familiar later variant lark. The word ankle partly shows such an origin, but partly also results from borrowing from early Scandinavian (the language of the Vikings).

Borrowings from French include announce, annoy, annul, anoint, finance, ignore, interview, and sauce. Some input from both French and Latin is shown by annual and annunciation. The verb turn shows an interesting merger of an early borrowing from Latin in the Old English period with a later borrowing from French, with all of the inputs ultimately reflecting the same Latin base.

There are also loanwords from many points around the globe, such as soy, Brahmin, or anjeer.

There are numerous borrowings from languages of Africa, particularly East Africa, including newly revised words such as benga, boma, duka, harambee, hlonipha, and uhuru, and newly added ones such as busaa, buveera, changaa, gombolola, or jembe. Among them there are some items that have elements ultimately of English origin (and hence are being reborrowed back into English) such as daladala and chips mayai.

Among more complicated etymologies, where some interesting questions remain to be answered, are bauble and bully.

In addition to all of these words, which have been either fully revised or newly added to the dictionary this quarter, we have continued with work adding or revising etymology sections in dictionary entries that are otherwise yet to be fully revised. Some highlights here include feud (a common word with a very complex formal history), consort n.² (which shows interesting early overlap in meaning with concert), dignity, style, syncope, and helpmeet (which has an important part in explaining the history of helpmate), as well as less familiar words such as chiaus (which comes ultimately from Turkish), the legal term arraign ‘appeal to’ (arraign v.²), ewdendrift (one of the many words for types of snow in Scots), and fenks the fibrous parts of the blubber of a whale (probably borrowed from Dutch).

OED Deputy Chief Editor, Philip Durkin

Note about pronunciation

Where should the stresses fall in cyanobacterium, or in Standartenführer? Is the /w/ part of the dw cluster in the word dwarf really optional in US English? If the footwear is written as Dr. Martens, do people ever still use the “Doc.” pronunciation? (Yes, to both.) If finance has three variant pronunciations with different stress and vowel quality in British English, are we right to apply that to all related words? How is the x in the Zapotec loan muxe to be pronounced? (The pronunciation of x is a favourite topic of ours.) These and other puzzles kept the OED pronunciation team busy during our work on the revisions and new entries in this release.

On the World English side of things, we took part in OED’s recent symposium with a session on how we represent World English pronunciations; the recording of the session is here. OED continues to supplement our entries from World Englishes with pronunciations reflective of their regions of origin or use, and this time is the turn of our East African English words. Kenyan, Ugandan, and Tanzanian pronunciations are reflected by a new pronunciation model devised with the consultancy of professor emeritus Josef Schmied of the Chemnitz University of Technology. An in-person recording session with our East African English speaker was a priority as we returned from COVID restrictions, and with this update we are pleased to be providing audio (as always, just click the blue play icon next to the transcription). Our model and pronunciations reflect the distinctive sound of East African English, characterized by features including a relatively small set of vowel contrasts, the patterning of syllabic and vocalized consonants, trilled or flapped /r/, and a tendency towards syllable-timed rhythm that nonetheless maintains a clear primary stress. Finally, we are glad to report that the audio files for the Irish English pronunciations, made in our own recording studio this spring, are now where they should be, accompanying the transcriptions which were added in the previous update.

Matthew Moreland and Catherine Sangster, of the OED pronunciations team

You can see the full list of words to be added in this update here.

March 2022

Nearly 700 new words, senses, and phrases have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in this special update, including dinosaur hunter, vaccine passport, and what’s up, doc?

Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Senior Editor, Jonathan Dent.

OED Executive Editor, Danica Salazar discusses the latest Irish English words to be added to the OED, from bockety to banatee in this article.

OED Executive Editor, Kate Wild, investigates the link between flattery and blancmange in this blog post on updates to the Historical Thesaurus of the OED.

Amongst the words revised as part of this update is doctor. Learn about what has been uncovered during the revision of this entry in this article by OED Senior Editor, Tania Styles.

Note about etymology

The etymological origins of words in the current release are typically varied.
Words going back to the earliest stages of English include draw, sib (hence sibling), that, and (continuing our work revising selected etymologies in advance of other revision) eleven.
There are borrowings from French such as annexe, bisque, or foreign; borrowings from Latin, such as annals, annihilate, Celt, critic,  dinosaur (these three all ultimately from Greek), inoculate, intoxicate, or the major prefix anti-; and borrowings showing input from both French and Latin, such as colonial, distance, doctor, and (in a slightly complicated way) vaccine.

While critic is a borrowing from Latin, it is interesting that the related critical, criticism, and criticize all appear to have been formed within English.

Among words with with more varied origins are canoe (which entered English from Spanish but comes ultimately from Taino), kung fu (from Chinese), kitsch (from German), and drawl (from either Dutch or Middle Low German). While Tory is a borrowing from Irish, the etymological complexities of Whig and whiggamore are best seen by visiting the dictionary entries. Some mystery continues to surround tweak.

OED Deputy Chief Editor, Philip Durkin

Note about pronunciations

From a chara to WYSIWYG, the revisions and new entries in this release have presented the usual challenges to the OED pronunciation team. How is this said, does everyone say it the same way or are there important variants, has its pronunciation changed over time, do British and US English differ? The words in the Celt- range were especially interesting because they can be pronounced with an initial /k/ or /s/, but not in all cases or all senses. For the Irish English revisions and additions, we made minor updates to our transcription model and provided each with an Irish English pronunciation alongside the British and US. Regrettably, we were unable to create audio to accompany these transcriptions in time for this release (we make recordings in person in Oxford and this is still being affected by pandemic constraints), but it will be in place for the next release in June.

Catherine Sangster, OED Executive Editor

You can see the full list of words to be added in this update here.

The OED publishes four updates a year. The next update will be added to the dictionary in June 2022.

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It is really user-friendly.In addition, you can easily add on the transcription and sound. These options make doing flashcards easier.

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Great!

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amazing! exactly what I’m looking for
thanks a lot!

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I love it! It makes my life easier. It’d be cool If we can add the pronounciation (IPA) after the sound in the same field.

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Work fine

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Great! Thank you very much!

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good to use.

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I like it

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thanks

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Works good!

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