On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 08:20:39AM -0400, Fred Shapiro wrote: > The term _partial-birth_, much in the news the last few days, is not in > OED nor Merriam-Webster. No, but _partial-birth abortion_ is in OED. Jesse Sheidlower OED ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org