what are the new words in the oxford dictionary?
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Whatevs, simples, chillax, sumfin and Jafaican have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. They are among 203 new words which appear in the dictionary for the very first time. Other words which are part of the October 2019 update include Jedi, nomophobia and easy-breezy.
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The best-selling Pocket Oxford English Dictionary in its eleventh edition offers 120,000 words, phrases, and definitions.
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The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989, contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries.
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In January 2018, The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced that it has added more than 1,100 words, senses, and sub-entries. As of March 2018, more than 700 new words, senses, and sub-entries were included as well—increasing the number of entries to almost 2,000 (note: the OED does updates on a quarterly basis).
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['INcrease - noun. inCREASE - verb.', 'IMport - noun. imPORT - verb.', 'REfund - noun. reFUND - verb.', 'INsult - noun. inSULT - verb.', 'UPdate - noun.']
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['oafishly.', 'oarlocks.', 'oatcakes.', 'oatmeals.', 'obduracy.', 'obdurate.', 'obedient.', 'obeisant.']
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['Ox.', 'Box.', 'Fox.', 'Fix.', 'Mix.', 'Wax.', 'Axe.', 'Six.']
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['augury,', 'auspice,', 'boding,', 'foreboding,', 'foreshadowing,', 'portent,', 'prefiguring,', 'presage.']
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['Corrective.', 'Adaptive.', 'Perfective.', 'Preventive.']
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['abruptly.', 'absurd.', 'abyss.', 'affix.', 'askew.', 'avenue.', 'awkward.', 'axiom.']
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['book,', 'bulletin,', 'diurnal,', 'gazette,', 'journal,', 'mag,', 'magazine,', 'organ,']
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['boogie.', 'booted.', 'boomer.', 'bookie.', 'bootie.', 'booger.', 'boodle.', 'boohoo.']
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['Zeplin.', 'MightyText.', 'Abstract.', 'ActiveWords.', 'Pamela for Skype.', 'Blrt.', 'Weekly Update.', 'Fences.']
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['Wicked.', 'Sugar.', 'Pasty.', 'Dressing.', 'Fix.', 'Dope.', 'Pop.', 'Carriage.']
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Jedi, chirpse and arancini are among the new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest update. More than 650 words have been added, ranging from slang (“sumfin” and “whatevs”) to Star Wars terms, such as “The Force”.
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['switch.', 'sketch.', 'clutch.', 'scotch.', 'stitch.', 'snatch.', 'twitch.', 'thatch.']
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Moobs and YOLO among new words in Oxford English Dictionary Moobs and YOLO are among hundreds of new words to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Moobs earns its listing as a slang term for a man's prominent breasts, and YOLO is an acronym for "you only live once".