About 3500 New Entries Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
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About 3500 New Entries Added to Oxford English Dictionary
From the article, “The first new edition in nearly a decade of the short version of the classic word bible will appear on Thursday, with 3,500 new entries, from “ass-backwards” to “warp drive.” “Generally, a word has to be used five times in five different places over five years, although something like ‘text messaging’ got in quicker because it became so widely used so quickly,” said spokeswoman Claire Turner.
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