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:It is not in the OED. [[User:GabrielF|GabrielF]] ([[User talk:GabrielF|talk]]) 23:58, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

::FWIW, the timeline on the OED website indicates that they added only 28 new words between 2000 and 2004, and none since. &nbsp; <b>[[User:Will Beback|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#595454;">Will Beback</fontspan>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Will Beback|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#C0C0C0;">talk</fontspan>]]&nbsp; </b> 23:02, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

:::Hmm, I'm not sure that's true. There's a "What's New" page[http://www.oed.com/public/whatsnew/whats-new] which says that the dictionary is updated four times a year (latest June 2011) and has a list of new words. I think the timeline shows when the words were coined rather than when they were added to the dictionary. (A word might have been first used 50 years ago but only added to the OED this month.) [[User:GabrielF|GabrielF]] ([[User talk:GabrielF|talk]]) 23:53, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

::::That makes more sense - it's hard to imagine why they wouldn't keep adding words. &nbsp; <b>[[User:Will Beback|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#595454;">Will Beback</fontspan>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Will Beback|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#C0C0C0;">talk</fontspan>]]&nbsp; </b> 00:11, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

:::::An aside: as someone who studied at [[Cambridge University]] and in full acceptance that there is a traditional rivalry between that and [[Oxford University]], the fact that Oxford might be negligent in their scholarship comes as no surprise what so ever. <g> - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 00:14, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

::::::Perhaps so. I think I've figured out the apparent discrepancy. The timeline shows the date of first uses, not the date of addition to the dictionary.[http://www.oed.com/search?dateFilter=2000-2011&page=1&scope=ENTRY&timeline=false&type=dictionarysearch][http://www.oed.com/public/newwords0611] The words added this year were first used long ago.[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/267304] The newest words are from 2004, though new words coined earlier have been added. The lesson is that they don't add words that are newer than six years. &nbsp; <b>[[User:Will Beback|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#595454;">Will Beback</fontspan>]]&nbsp; [[User talk:Will Beback|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#C0C0C0;">talk</fontspan>]]&nbsp; </b> 00:46, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

:::::::Good detecting. Would be great if they allowed you to add a {{clarify}} tag to their pages! - [[User:Sitush|Sitush]] ([[User talk:Sitush|talk]]) 01:00, 24 June 2011 (UTC)