New OED words (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 04:52:21PM -0500, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
> Another new entry is "dubstep", with a first cite from 16 July 2002.
>
> Robert Nelson, "Dissasemble Dub" _The Beat_ v18 #5/6 p 76 col 2
> (ProQuest Ethnic News Watch)
> ""Dubstep" is also quite Anglophilic in its roots, building upon a
> latter-day Mad Professor-type drum beat and more subtly ringing guitar
> leads that fade into the mix."

This is the name of a song called "Dubstep," which is,
however, a piece of electronic dub music; it's not itself in
the dubstep genre.

Still, we've added a note about this to the etymology.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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