What's new in Oxford English Dictionary Online?

Did you know that Massey staff and students have access to the full Oxford English Dictionary Online? The print edition of the OED runs to over twenty volumes and is the definitive source for English language words and their derivations, but using the online edition you will be able to use the very latest words such as 'pheaker'.

EXPLORE OVER 2500 NEW AND REVISED WORDS...

The latest alphabetical range to be revised is PHILANTHROPAL-PIMENTO. Find out the latest definitions and quotations for everything from PHISHER (a person who perpetrates a fraud on the Internet in order to glean personal information from individuals) to PHEAKER (a person who fraudulently obtains a telephone or computer connection), from PHO (a type of Vietnamese soup) to PICO DE GALLO (a Mexican salad or salsa), and from PHWOAR (an expression of desire originating in Britain) to PHONEY BALONEY (a US term for nonsense).

Please see www.oed.com/help/updates/philanthropal-pimento.html for a full list of new and revised words in this range.

'ASBO' AND 'SARS' ENTER THE OED…

New entries have also been added across the alphabet – from ASBO (an acronym widely-used in Britain to describe an anti-social behaviour order) to SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), and from LIFE COACH (a professional counsellor) to HUMAN BEATBOX (a person who uses their voice to imitate the rhythms of hip-hop music).

Please see www.oed.com/help/updates/philanthropal-pimento.html#oos for a full list of new entries from across the alphabet.