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The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes more than 1,000 new and revised words, phrases, and senses, including spidey sense, final frontier, and freshers’ flu. Learn more about the words added to the OED this quarter in our new words notes by OED Executive Editor, Craig Leyland: Were your spidey senses tingling?
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- aestel: “an artefact ... now frequently considered to be a pointer, or handle for a pointer, used to follow along or keep one's place when reading a manuscript”
- agrivoltaics: “the simultaneous use of an area of land for farming and for electricity generation using photovoltaic solar panels”
- air fryer: “a small convection oven, typically used to fry foods using very little oil”
- Captain Obvious: “(a sarcastic or disparaging name for) someone who makes an obvious or superfluous statement”
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Sep 13, 2016 · Four times a year, a group of wordsmiths at the Oxford English Dictionary survey the evolving landscape of the English language to see what new words they should incorporate into what's...
Mar 31, 2022 · By Michelle Buhalo • March 31, 2022. Topics. Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), updated on a quarterly basis, just added 700 new words, senses, and phrases in its March 2022 update. This update was so large, OED Editors devoted four blog articles to it!
