OED's latest update

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   Attached is the OED's latest update.
   I guess "lebkuchen" and "Pad Thai" are both no "boxercise."

Barry Popik


Subj:   OED Online December update
Date:   12/14/2002 5:09:40 AM Eastern Standard Time
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Dear Barry Popik

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

EXPLORE OVER 2200 NEW AND REVISED WORDS...
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is MONO to MOTRIX  (see
http://www.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0212.htm for details).  This
update throws several hats into the ring, including the MORIAN (a
16th-century brimmed helmet), the MORTIER (a cap of office worn by various
French officials), the MONTERA (the black cap worn by a bullfighter) - not to
be confused with a MONTERO (a hunter's cap with ear flaps) - and of course
the MORTARBOARD.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST BUZZ WORDS...
The new OED Online update also covers a wide range of new vocabulary -
everything from FAMILY CREDIT to TAX-AND-SPEND, from BOXERCISE to
SNOWBOARDING, from DOWNSHIFTING to UPSIZING, and from BOOKMARK (in the
computer sense) to SCREENSHOT, SCREEN SAVER and SCROLL BAR.
The complete list of out-of-sequence new entries is available at
http://www.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0212a.htm.

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE...
Our new revised Quick Reference Guide is now available in PDF format at
http://www.oed.com/public/pdfs/Quickref.pdf.

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NEW ISSUE OF OED NEWS...
The December issue of OED News is now available at
http://www.oed.com/public/news/0212.htm and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
 Highlights include articles on the expanding coverage of Canadian English,
and the way in which the Internet has transformed the work of OED
lexicographers.
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, did
anyone suffer from a "dead leg" before 1987, and could a dirty child be
described as a "mucky pup" before 1984?  If you can help, please e-mail
oed3 at oup.co.uk.

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