[OPLINLIST] OED December Update

[Mary Conroy]

See below for the December 2003 Oxford English Dictionary Update. OED
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Mary M. Conroy 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Perez, Rosa [mailto:rosa.perez@oup.com] 


We are pleased to announce that the latest quarterly update to OED Online is
now available at www.oed.com. <http://www.oed.com>

EXPLORE OVER 2700 NEW AND REVISED WORDS...
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is NIPKOW DISC to NUCULOID (see
<http://www.oed.com/help/Dict/Quarterly/0312.htm> for details). Coverage is,
as ever, broad-- everything from noodles and nougat to nitrogen and nuclei.

THE LATEST BUZZ-WORDS AND OTHER ADDITIONS...
Are you an INFOHOLIC or perhaps an INFOMEDIARY? Do you own a BLUETOOTH
device? Have a craving for a CHICKEN NUGGET or CANNOLI? Do you prefer the
BUNNY HOP or SLAMMING? These are just some of the many new words and phrases
which have been added to OED Online as part of the latest update. You can
explore the full list of out-of-sequence new entries at
<http://www.oed.com/help/latest.htm>

NEW ISSUE OF OED NEWS...
The December issue of OED News is now available at
<http://oed.com/newsletters/2003-12/> and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
The Chief Editor of the OED writes about his favorite words and phrases,
including phrases such as "to curry favor" and "the apple of someone's eye,"
and words such as "gossip" and "dunce." You can also find out more about the
OED's new artist in residence, and how she has begun to explore the
Dictionary in very new ways! In this month's Appeal, we are asking if anyone
can help us find earlier examples of the use of a variety of words and
phrases - for example, was anyone described as "pig-ugly" before 1983 or was
"panna cotta" offered before 1989? If you can help, please e-mail
oed3@oup.com. <mailto:oed3@oup.com>

Rosa
Rosa Perez
Oxford University Press
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Email: rosa.perez@oup.com
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