Cover of The Oxford dictionary of new words

Book 1998

The Oxford dictionary of new words

3 readers

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Published
1998
  • New words
  • Dictionaries
  • English language
  • English language, dictionaries
  • Terms and phrases
  • Linguistics

Each entry explains the meaning of the world, and is illustrated by quotations mainly from newspapers, magazines and popular fiction. It gives the date of the earliest recorded usage, and describes how the word entered the language.