Thursday, July 5, 2007

OED adds 2,700 new entries

The Oxford English Dictionary just added almost 2,700 new words to its online edition. Some of the new entries:
argh
bikini wax
club hopper
digibox
problemo
pro-sex
glitch
fab
prom king
prom queen

The OED is updated quarterly. The current total of entries is now 260,154, representing 697,324 different meanings.

See the complete list of new words.

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