Friday, February 09, 2007

OED Online February 07 Update

The latest quarterly update to the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY is now available at www.oed.com

HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST GOSSIP ABOUT MR. POTATO HEAD EATING PORK SCRATCHINGS AT HIS POWER LUNCH WITH THE INVENTORS OF POWER BAR?!
NEW ENTRIES TO OED ONLINE...

The latest alphabetical range to be revised is POMANDER through PRAJNAPARAMITA (the latter a group of ancient Mahayana Buddhist texts on the perfection of wisdom), including 2658 new and revised entries. Within this range you will find definitions for POTATO HEAD, POUTINE and POP TART, and while on the subject of food, you will also find POWER LUNCH and POWER BREAKFAST, or if you?re in a hurry, POWER BAR.

For a full list of new and revised words in this range visit the following:
http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html

EEYORISH AND DARTITIS ENTER OED ONLINE...
New entries have also been added across the alphabet ? from EEOYORISH (deeply pessimistic, gloomy) to DARTITIS (a state of nervousness which prevents a player from releasing a dart at the right moment when throwing), as well as words that have been engrained in our vernacular such as BOOGER (which means?well... you know).

See a full list of new entries from across the alphabet here:
http://www.oed.com/help/updates/latest-additions.html#oos