New words list June 2016
List of new word entries
In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, these ranges contain the following new entries:
New words
New sub-entries
New senses
New word entries
- Afrofuturism, n.
- Afrofuturist, adj.
- agender, adj.
- air punch, n.
- air-punching, n.
- Alpha Centaurian, n. and adj.
- andragogy, n.
- Ansar, n.
- Ansbach, n.
- anserine, n.
- ansible, n.
- answer book, n.
- answered, adj.
- bao, n.
- bare-knuckle, adj. and adv.
- base note, n.
- basic wage, n.
- big-arsed, adj.
- binky, n.
- bish bosh, int.2
- bish-bash-bosh, int. (and n.)
- bish-bosh, n. (and int.1)
- bittem, n.
- bodhi tree, n.
- bosh, int.
- bot, n.2
- bot, n.3
- botanica, n.
- boteh, n.
- bothan, n.
- bothen, n.
- bothered, adj.
- botherer, n.
- Bothnian, adj. and n.
- Bothnic, adj.
- botija, n.
- botijo, n.
- boto, n.
- botrytis, n.
- botrytized, adj.
- botte secrète, n.
- botte, n.2
- botter, n.
- bottle gas, n. and adj.
- bottle trap, n.
- bottle-cleaner, n.
- bottom fish, v.
- bottom liner, n.
- bottom note, n.
- bottom of the harbour | bottom of the harbor, n.
- bottomness, n.
- bottomonium, n.
- bottomwards, adv.
- botulinal, adj.
- bovver, v. and int.
- brass neck, n. and adj.
- brass-necked, adj.
- cent., adj.2
- cent., n.3
- Centaurus, n.
- CENTCOM, n.
- centering, n.
- centesimo, n.2
- centifolia, n.
- centimillionaire, n.
- centimorgan, n.
- centipedal, adj.1
- Central African, n. and adj.
- central, n.2
- centre part | center part, n.
- centre parting | center parting, n.
- centredness | centeredness, n.
- centrel, n.
- centreman | centerman, n.
- centre-part | center-part, v.
- centre-parted | center-parted, adj.
- centrewards | centerwards, n., adv., and adj.
- centre-weighted | center-weighted, adj.
- Centrex, n.
- centricipital, adj.
- centriciput, n.
- centrifugalism, n.
- chargrill, n.
- chargrill, v.
- chargrilled, adj.
- chop shop, n.
- chronotype, n.
- chyron, n.
- cintern, n.
- consessus, n.
- conversate, adj.
- conversate, v.
- cooperativity, n.
- corrido, n.
- cough syrup, n.
- CRISPR, n.
- deferrable, adj.
- deffo, int. and adv.
- demonym, n.
- diabatic, adj.
- diabetologist, n.
- diabetology, n.
- diabolizing, adj.
- diabolizing, n.
- diabolus in musica, n.
- diabolus, n.
- divey, adj.
- D-line, n.
- doof, n.1
- dopiaza, n.
- dowfart, n. and adj.
- dud, n.2
- dudder, n.
- duded-up, adj.
- dudette, n.
- dudgeoned, adj.
- duergar, n.
- duetting, n.
- duffed, adj.1
- eleventy, adj.
- exosolar, adj.
- explementary, adj.
- explete, v.2
- exploitational, adj.
- exploitatively, adv.
- exploitativeness, n.
- exploiter, n.1
- explore, n.
- explosivity, n.
- fixie, n.
- flauta, n.
- flowy, adj.
- FODMAP, n.
- folktronica, n.
- freekeh, n.
- fro-yo, n.
- gabba, n.1
- gabba, n.2
- gank, v.
- gianduja, n.
- girolle, n.
- glamp, v.2
- glamper, n.
- glamping, n.
- graphene, n.
- growbag, n.
- guajillo, n.
- Hitchcockian, adj.
- jackalope, n.
- javelina, n.
- junkball, n.
- kayfabe, n.
- keytar, n.
- krewe, n.
- krump, adj. and n.
- krump, v.
- krumping, n.
- laird, v.
- lamellophone, n.
- leet, adj. and n.5
- leetspeak, n.
- left brain, n. and adj.
- left justification, n.
- left turn, int. and v.
- left turn, n.
- left turning, n.
- left-centre | left-center, n. and adj.
- left-justified, adj.
- left-justify, v.
- left-turning, adj.
- leng, v.2
- likeliest, n.
- likembe, n.
- listicle, n.
- long trousers, n.
- long, n.2
- long, v.2
- longboarding, n.
- long-finned, adj.
- long-running, adj.1
- long-spined, adj.
- longtitude, n.
- longue durée, n.
- loosie, n.
- Lord Keeper, n.
- mahalo, n. and int.
- maitake, n.
- matcha, n.
- mecha, n.
- micronation, n.
- mofongo, n.
- narcocorrido, n.
- neti, n.
- parmo, n.
- pay-to-play, adj.
- pimentoÌn, n.
- potjie, n.
- potjiekos, n.
- pourover, n. and adj.
- power couple, n.
- procursive, adj.1
- pwn, v.
- releet, n.
- right-footer, n.
- Scandi, adj. and n.
- Scooby Snack, n.
- self-harm, v.
- self-identify, v.
- self-selected, adj.
- sencha, n.
- shetar, n.
- shishito, n.
- slackline, n.
- slacklining, n.
- sleepsuit, n.
- sneakerhead, n.
- snus, n.
- soju, n.
- Sophie’s choice, n.
- sparticle, n.
- spesh, adj.
- spesh, n.
- spoach, v.
- spot-up, adj. and n.
- stalkerish, adj.
- star sign, n.
- star-blind, adj.2
- starchitect, n.
- stare-down, n.
- stare-out, n.
- starring, adj.
- star-studded, adj.
- start, adv.
- startfulmood, adj.
- startle reflex, n.
- startle response, n.
- straight-acting, adj.
- straight-acting, n.
- supercouple, n.
- sweary, adj.
- sweary, n.
- test drive, n.
- tink, v.4
- top gun, n.
- Twenty20, n.
- voice over internet protocol, n.
- vongole, n. and adj.
- wifty, adj.
- winster, adj. (and n.)
New sub-entries
- ankle-slapper
- answer key
- answering system
- assistant referee
- assisted death
- assisted dying
- Atlantic spotted dolphin
- attention-seeker
- Australian Central Standard Time
- Australian Central Time
- Australian Western Standard Time
- back bacon
- battle of the sexes
- beard lichen
- beta-hydroxy acid
- bot herder
- botanic garden
- botanic medicine
- botanical garden
- botanical medicine
- botanical name
- botch job
- botched job
- bothy ballad
- botmaster
- bottle and spoon
- bottle bill
- bottle bomb
- bottle cage
- bottle carrier
- bottle club
- bottle cooler
- bottle garden
- bottle kiln
- bottle lamp
- bottle oven
- bottle service
- bottle stink
- bottle ticket
- bottle vase
- bottle warmer
- bottle-aged
- bottleneck slide guitar
- bottlenose seal
- bottle-nosed seal
- bottling plant
- bottom ash
- bottom bracket
- bottom dead centre
- bottom fisherman
- bottom rig
- bottom round
- bottom surgery
- bottom time
- bottom trawling
- bottom turn
- bottom-fermented
- bottom-fermenting
- bottoming out
- bottomless pit
- bottom-line profit
- bottom-line question
- bottom-rung
- bottom-tree
- BRB
- breaking ball
- bright spark
- budgie smugglers
- butt cheek
- butt crack
- butt plug
- butt-naked
- butt-ugly
- calorie-controlled
- CamelCase
- carpet shampoo
- castle doctrine
- CBA
- CBD
- CBD
- central angle
- central banker
- central belt
- central body
- central business district
- Central Committee
- central dogma
- Central European Time
- central limit theorem
- central locking
- central locking mechanism
- central locking system
- central pawn
- central planning
- central processor
- Central State
- central tendency
- central vacuum
- central vacuum cleaning system
- central vacuum system
- centrally heated
- Centre Court
- centre fielder
- centre half-forward
- centre hole
- centre ice
- centre keel
- centre mark
- centre midfielder
- centre of attention
- centre of force
- centre of learning
- centre pawn
- centre school
- centre three-quarter
- centre three-quarter back
- centre-page
- centrifugalized
- centrifugal clutch
- centrogenesis
- centrogenetic
- centroplasm
- century year
- ceramic hob
- CGT
- chainset
- chequered flag
- choirgirl
- chromosome number
- Cinderella story
- cold caller
- comfort blanket
- Common Entrance
- Common Entrance Exam
- Common Entrance Examination
- common spotted orchid
- contact sheet
- convenience store
- core stability
- corporate hospitality
- cotton bud
- coursework
- craft beer
- craft brew
- crankset
- cross burning
- DD
- DH
- diabetic coma
- dirty martini
- dive bar
- dowfing
- dowfing bout
- driver’s licence
- driving licence
- DS
- dues-paying
- DW
- longboarder
- spousely
- spread-head
- starfished
- starvingly
- ED
- elimination diet
- emissions trading
- centrosomal
- Lord Keepership
- erectile dysfunction
- evening class
- explicability
- explanatory variable
- explant culture
- expletive-laden
- explicit definition
- exploitation well
- exploration licence
- exploratory well
- explosion crater
- explosion wave
- explosion-proof
- explosive cyclogenesis
- explosive ordnance disposal
- fast-casual
- FFS
- for a long moment
- foul trouble
- fourth official
- fun-size
- fun-sized
- FWIW
- ghost chilli
- ghost pepper
- giant squid
- gift certificate
- Goldilocks economy
- GOTV
- growing bag
- GTG
- hanging basket
- hearing loop
- heat map
- heath spotted orchid
- hen do
- hen night
- hen of the woods
- hen weekend
- hockey mom
- husband labour
- husband-and-wife
- husband-to-be
- HVAC
- ICT
- ICYMI
- IDC
- IDK
- IIRC
- Indian star tortoise
- IRL
- JK
- Kaffir work
- kitchen bitch
- K-pop
- left corner-back
- left corner-forward
- left deviationism
- left deviationist
- left end
- left guard
- left half-forward
- left side tool
- left tackle
- left-sidedness
- left-wingy
- left-eared
- left-eye
- left-hand lock
- left-hand screw
- left-handed mill
- left-handed rope
- left-to-right
- leisure centre
- letter of comfort
- like-coloured
- like-complexioned
- like-sounding
- limp-wristed
- LMAO
- LMFAO
- LO
- long axis
- long barrow
- long black
- long corner
- long iron
- long lens
- long lie
- long moment
- long press
- long runner
- Long Term Evolution
- long track
- long underwear
- long vehicle
- long waist
- long-abandoned
- long-accepted
- long-anticipated
- long-bladed
- long-burning
- long-cherished
- long-cooked
- long-defunct
- long-discredited
- long-dormant
- long-sightedly
- long-extinct
- long-fingered
- long-footed potoroo
- long-form
- long-hidden
- long-horned owl
- long-ignored
- longirostrine
- longitude clock
- longitudinal axis
- long-legged spider
- long-neglected
- long-nose pliers
- long-nosed bat
- long-nosed pliers
- long-nosed potoroo
- long-nosed skate
- long-planned
- long-podded
- long-priced
- long-promised
- long-serving
- longshore drift
- long-simmering
- long-sought-after
- long-spined sea urchin
- long-stalled
- long-tail blue
- long-tailed macaque
- long-vanished
- long-waited-for
- long-wheelbase
- long-whiskered
- Lord Lyon
- Lord Lyon King of (<r>also</r> at) arms
- Lord Mayor’s Banquet
- Lord of Erection
- Lord of the Isles
- loss adjuster
- ltr
- paddy-straw mushroom
- pantropical spotted dolphin
- scouring pad
- secret shopper
- set menu
- shock and awe
- short tennis
- shortboard
- shortboard
- shortboarder
- shortboarding
- shot on goal
- sick note
- silver nitrate
- singer-songwriter
- size queen
- skill set
- SLES
- slotted spoon
- SLS
- SMH
- snow globe
- sodium dodecyl sulphate
- sodium laureth sulphate
- sodium lauryl sulphate
- solar eclipse
- solar farm
- soy milk
- speed dial
- speed dialling
- speed-dial
- speed-dial button
- speed-dial function
- splash pad
- splash park
- spoacher
- spot card
- spot colour
- spot fire
- spot inspection
- spot metering
- spot month
- spot prize
- spot remover
- spot starter
- spotted dolphin
- spotted hemlock
- spotted knapweed
- spotted laurel
- spotted orchid
- spotted pardalote
- spotted sea trout
- spousal rape
- spray tan
- spread chord
- spread collar
- spread formation
- spread spectrum
- spreader dam
- stag do
- stag weekend
- star drill
- star jasmine
- star jump
- star magnolia
- star press
- star prize
- star projector
- star quilt
- star rating
- star sight
- star stitch
- star tortoise
- star trail
- starbase
- starbirth
- starboard watch
- starch content
- starch molecule
- starch wheat
- starch-based
- starch-containing
- starch-rich
- stardrive
- staring contest
- staring-stock
- star-making
- star-mapper
- starn-chamber
- starspot
- start cold
- start date
- starter back
- starter culture
- starter marriage
- starter up
- starting box
- starting stalls
- starting torque
- straw mushroom
- stress test
- stress testing
- stress-test
- suicide net
- SYS
- TBH
- thousand-mile stare
- thousand-yard stare
- thread vein
- tl;dr
- to answer up
- to bottom out
- to start off
- to start on ——
- to start out
- to start up
- to take the chequered flag
- top note
- top surgery
- trafficky
- travel card
- treemap
- trout pout
- TTYL
- vampire squid
- varsity jacket
- vena comes
- vena comitans
- VoIP
- wake-up call
- washing liquid
- wave farm
- wedding planner
- wedding tackle
- wheels of steel
- wife sale
- wild swimming
- wow factor
- Yazidism
New senses
- bark, n.1
- bo, adj. (and pron.)
- break, v.
- breaking, adj.
- candy, n.1
- chop, n.1
- core, n.1
- craft, n.
- dead, adj., n., and adv.
- dig, v.
- dust, n.1
- emission, n.
- futurism, n.
- gilet, n.
- goldilocks, n.
- gulper, n.
- hang, v.
- help, n.
- hike, n.
- hike, v.
- holy, adj. and n.
- implicit, adj.
- lipstick, n.
- sharp, adj. and n.1
- shoot, v.
- sister, n.
- sleep, v.
- snap-back, n.
- stracciatella, n.
- stressy, adj.
- tackle, n.
- top, n.1
- trick, n.
- turd, n.
- wearable, adj. and n.
- wearable, adj. and n.
- wraparound, n. and adj.