"cohousing" -- not in OED2?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:24:58PM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> Why is "cohousing" not in OED2?

Because it seems to have been coined in 1988, and OED2 came out
in 1989, which would have made its inclusion a bit quick.

> When did it appear in English?  (_Cohousing: A Contemporary
> Approach to Housing Ourselves_, 1st ed., is 1988.)

That's the earliest example I know of.

_cohousing_ does appear in OED Online, to which it was added in
the June 2003 update.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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