New words list June 2015
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
- Antikythera mechanism, n.
- arré, int.
- audax, n.
- autotune, v.
- autotuned, adj.
- backronym, n.
- bahala na, int.
- balikbayan, n.
- baon, n.
- barangay, n.
- barkada, n.
- barong tagalog, n.
- barong, n.
- baro’t saya, n.
- batchmate, n.
- bhelpuri, n.
- biomethane, n.
- birdhouse, n.
- blazar, n.
- blue star, n. and adj.
- bluff charge, n.
- bluff-charge, v.
- bluff-charging, n.
- Blu-ray, n.
- boiler room, n.
- brûlée, n.
- brûlée, v.
- bukkake, n.
- buko, n.
- camming, n.
- carcade, n.
- carnap, v.
- carnapper, n.
- carnapping, n.
- chiffonade, v.
- chiffonaded, adj.
- choss, n.
- chossy, adj.
- Christianist, n. and adj.
- churidar, n.
- cisgender, adj. and n.
- cluster, n.
- coasteering, n.
- colourism | colorism, n.
- comedize, v.
- comedogenic, adj.
- comedy of errors, n.
- comigrate, v.
- comix, n.
- coreferential, adj.
- crokinole, n.
- crowdfund, v.
- crowdfunded, adj.
- crowdfunding, n.
- cyclogenesis, n.
- cyclosportive, n.
- dartboard, n.
- decidualization, n.
- decidualized, adj.
- decim, n.2
- decision, v.
- declutter, n.
- declutter, v.
- decluttering, n.
- depanneur, n.
- despedida, n.
- dhaba, n.
- diabulimia, n.
- dog whistle, n.
- double-double, n.
- downtick, n.
- drumble, n.1
- drumbling, adj.1
- drumette, n.
- e-cig, n.
- e-cigarette, n.
- ecotown, n.
- e-edition, n.
- eh up, n. and int.
- eliminationism, n.
- eliminationist, n. and adj.
- emerg, n.
- Enviropig, n.
- epazote, n.
- Eris, n.
- e-skin, n.
- estafa, n.
- e-toll, n.
- externship, n.
- fap fap fap, int.
- fap, v.
- fava, n.
- federal fund, n.
- feed-in, adj. and n.
- flocculant, adj. and n.
- FLOTUS, n.
- forensic science, n.
- forensics, n.
- fratty, adj.
- freegan, adj. and n.
- Furol, n. (and adj.)
- ganache, n.
- gharara, n.
- ghrelin, n.
- go fish, n.
- goey, adj.
- go-for-broke, adj.
- go-for-it, adj.
- go-harvest, n.
- going away, adv.
- going-about, adj.
- gointer, v.
- go-juice, n.
- gon, v.
- gone away, int. and n.
- gowa, v.
- Gran Fondo, n.
- grow-op, n.
- gunna, v.
- H2O, n.
- half-ass, v.
- halo-halo, n.
- handsy, adj.
- har de har, int. (and n.)
- hard launch, n.
- hard launch, v.
- hard plastic, n.
- hard rocker, n.2
- hard-arse, adv., adj., and n.
- hard-arsed, adj.
- hardbill, adj. and n.
- hard-bodied, adj.
- hard-code, v.
- hard-coded, adj.
- hardenable, adj.
- hardrocker, n.1
- hardship, v.
- hardware woman, n.
- hardwire, adj.
- hardwiring, n.
- hardyhead, n.
- Hardy-Weinberg, n.
- heterokont, n. and adj.
- hex, n.4
- Homo economicus, n.
- hot mess, n.
- howay, int.
- hyperlocal, adj.
- hyphy, adj. and n.
- incharge, n.
- injera, n.
- interleading, adj.
- internal membrane, n.
- internalism, n.
- internalist, n. and adj.
- Internaut, n.
- internegative, n.
- interpositive, n.2
- intersectionality, n.
- Interweb, n.
- inukshuk, n.
- jank, adj.
- JavaScript, n.
- jeggings, n.
- kettlebell, n.
- kikay, n. and adj.
- KKB, int. (and adj.)
- koozie, n.
- kryptonite, n.
- kuya, n.
- lede, n.2
- mabuhay, int.
- mahala, adv. and adj.
- Mamil, n.
- mangia-cake, n.
- Marco Polo, n.
- Masshole, n.
- meh, int. and adj.
- merry-go-around, n.
- mini-stroke, n.
- Morgellons, n.
- nanodiamond, n.
- nanosized, adj.
- netbook, n.2
- North Korean, adj. and n.
- off-grid, adj. and adv.
- old-earth, adj.
- onsight, v.
- on-trend, adj. and adv.
- oophagy, n.
- pageview, n.
- pan de sal, n.
- papsak, n.
- pasalubong, n.
- pharmacovigilance, n.
- photobomb, n.
- photobomb, v.
- photobomber, n.
- photobombing, n.
- presidentiable, n.
- pulutan, n.
- ranga, n.
- redpoint, n.
- redpoint, v.
- redpointing, n.
- restobar, n.
- retweet, n.
- retweet, v.
- retweeting, n.
- roastery, n.
- sanger, n.
- sari-sari store, n.
- say-away, n.
- SCBU, n.
- scenarioist, n.
- scene, v.
- scent mark, n.
- scent marking, n.
- scent-mark, v.
- SCOTUS, n.
- seachanger, n.
- self-immolate, v.
- Seppo, n.
- sext, n.2
- sext, v.
- sexting, n.
- sharara, n.
- Sharon fruit, n.
- ship, n.3
- ship, v.2
- shipper, n.2
- shipping, n.2
- shirtfront, v.
- shitshow, n.
- shizzle, adj.
- shizzle, int. and n.
- sinigang, n.
- skort, n.
- sledge, n.3
- sledge, v.3
- sledger, n.3
- smash-mouth, n. and adj.
- South Korean, adj. and n.
- Special Olympics, n.
- special operation, n.
- sportive, n.2
- stagette, n.
- standard issue, n. and adj.
- stank, adj.2 and n.2
- stanky, adj.
- staycation, n.
- stir-fry, n.
- storyboard, v.
- storyboarding, n.
- suki, n.
- sunchoke, n.
- sures, n.
- syst., n.
- systylious, adj.
- tan line, n.
- tea partier, n.
- tenderpreneur, n.
- texta, n.
- tik, n.
- to-go, adj.
- top-rope, v.
- totes, adv. and int.
- town camp, n.
- tweeting, n.
- twerk, n.
- twerk, v.
- twerking, adj.
- twerking, n.
- twitterati, n.
- uber-, prefix
- ubiquinol, n.
- uncanny valley, n.
- underdaks, n.
- unna, int.
- us mob, pron.
- utang na loob, n.
- vape, v.
- vaper, n.
- vaping, n.
- vog, n.
- voluntourism, n.
- voluntourist, n.
- webisode, n.
- whoonga, n.
- wuss, v.
- yaar, n.
- yarn bomb, n.
- yarn bomb, v.
- yarn bombing, n.
- yarnstorm, n.
- yarnstorm, v.
- Yooper, n.
- young at heart, adj. and n.
- Young dewberry, n.
- young gun, n.
- young-earth, adj.
- zama zama, n.
- zef, adj.
- -going, comb. form
New sub-entries
- decimalized
- (to be) (a specified age); going on (another age)
- bachelorette party
- barbecue stopper
- box step
- breadcrumb trail
- break and enter
- bridge-and-tunnel
- broken-heart syndrome
- bumper sticker
- bush tucker
- cake pop
- cap and trade
- cask strength
- CFL
- change of scene
- change of scenery
- checkout
- climbing wall
- comedy circuit
- comedy club
- comedy genius
- comedy sketch
- comedy skit
- comfort room
- comic genius
- comic novel
- comic novelist
- comic singer
- comic timing
- comic valentine
- contingency table
- covenant theology
- cream of the crop
- cry-it-out
- dark triad
- deciduous tooth
- decision engine
- decision height
- decision model
- decision rule
- decision speed
- decision support system
- decision system
- decision table
- decision variable
- decisional law
- decisory oath
- deep web
- devil’s food
- devil’s food cake
- dirty kitchen
- double denim
- double-dip recession
- drum break
- drum circle
- drum corps
- drum pad
- drum plotter
- drum printer
- drum ring
- drum riser
- drum sander
- drum scanner
- drum stool
- drum track
- drum-beater
- drumstick allium
- drumstick primrose
- drumstick primula
- drum-tight
- go-carting
- scentlessness
- specialling
- eccentric contraction
- emergency room
- end-stage
- enough to be going on with
- expectational
- expectably
- expectant right
- expected utility
- false widow
- false widow spider
- Fed funds
- Fed funds rate
- Fed funds target
- federal agent
- federal aid
- federal case
- Federal City
- federal marshal
- federal salute
- fibre art
- fibre artist
- first going off
- flag fall
- floating point
- FOMO
- freshwater shrimp
- Frisbee golf
- front nine
- gag reflex
- gastric band
- gastric banding
- gem squash
- glow stick
- go away with you
- go for it!
- go in and win
- go-aheadivity
- go-cup
- go-go boot
- going days
- going forward
- going forwards
- going off
- going on—
- going on for
- going on towards
- go-to-sleep
- graffiti knitter
- graffiti knitting
- graphic abbreviation
- Greek yogurt
- grow operation
- guerrilla art
- guerrilla artist
- guerrilla gardener
- guerrilla gardening
- guerrilla knitting
- guerrilla marketing
- guerrilla theatre
- hard charger
- hard clam
- hard coral
- hard ecu
- hard error
- hard feeling
- hard man
- hard nut
- hard pewter
- hard point
- hard sphere
- hard time
- hard yards
- hard-anodized
- hardbag
- hard-charging
- hard-cooked
- hardened steel
- hardening leather
- hardening skin
- hard-leafed
- hardpack
- hard-packed
- hard-shelled clam
- hardstep
- hardware cloth
- hardwood cutting
- hardy hole
- health tourism
- health tourist
- heat exhaustion
- I don’t go much on
- in special measures
- inkjet
- inkjet printer
- inkjet printing
- internationalized
- Internal Affairs
- Internal Affairs Bureau
- Internal Affairs Division
- internal displacement
- internal ear
- internal fertilization
- internal memory
- internal modem
- internal reserve
- internal resistance
- internal rhyme
- internal skeleton
- international airspace
- International Klein Blue
- international relations
- international water
- international waterway
- Internet address
- Internet banking
- Internet browser
- Internet chat room
- Internet connectivity
- Internet filtering
- Internet forum
- Internet gateway
- Internet kiosk
- Internet of things
- Internet radio
- Internet search
- Internet shopping
- Internet startup
- Internet traffic
- Internet worm
- Internet-capable
- Internet-enabled
- Internet-ready
- internuncial neuron
- interstellar medium
- issue desk
- issue estoppel
- issue-based
- issue-oriented
- Japanese knotweed
- just go with it!
- kerb appeal
- kitchen roll
- kitchen towel
- limescale
- little gem squash
- lobster palace
- lolly water
- no hard feelings
- online auction
- online banking
- online chat
- online community
- online database
- online forum
- online gambling
- online game
- online magazine
- online newspaper
- online radio
- online search
- online service provider
- online shopping
- online store
- sae-tree
- said-same
- sausage sizzle
- say bombasie
- say work
- scene building
- scene-chewing
- scenery-chewing
- scent hound
- scent trail
- scent-free
- SD card
- sea oats
- service stripe
- share option
- shirtfront
- shuttle run
- soft coral
- solar maximum
- solar maximum thermometer
- solar minimum
- somatic mutation
- special adviser
- special agent
- special care baby unit
- special care unit
- special case
- special character
- special collection
- special dividend
- special forces
- special function
- special guest
- special hospital
- special investigation
- special measures
- special mention
- special op
- special order
- special police
- special sense
- special session
- special situation
- special sort
- special team
- special teamer
- speciality chemical
- special-order
- specialty of the house
- spin room
- stand-up comedy
- stock option
- stoppage time
- storage area network
- story hour
- story time
- summer chafer
- sure bet
- sure-grip
- swimmer’s ear
- system call
- system disk
- system file
- system tray
- systematic desensitization
- systematic geography
- systematic theologian
- systemic risk
- system-wide
- systolic blood pressure
- systolic hypertension
- T.O.
- T-dot
- teachable moment
- that goes for
- theorbo music
- theorbo player
- theoretical framework
- theoretical model
- theory test
- theory-based
- theory-driven
- thumb drive
- thunder snowstorm
- thundersnow
- to be going in
- to be going on—
- to be going on with
- to be gone up
- to deck out
- to do (also make, put in) the hard yards
- to do (also serve) hard time
- to do hard time
- to do the hard yards
- to drum up
- to go adown
- to go around
- to go away
- to go away with
- to go away with it
- to go back
- to go back of
- to go back on
- to go back on (also upon)
- to go back on one’s word
- to go back upon
- to go by—
- to go by the worse
- to go by the worse (also worst)
- to go by the worst
- to go down
- to go for a sailor
- to go for a soldier
- to go for a soldier (also sailor)
- to go for—
- to go for it
- to go forward
- to go forwards
- to go in
- to go in and (come) out
- to go in and come out
- to go in and out
- to go in at
- to go in for
- to go in to bat
- to go off
- to go off—
- to go off at (a person)
- to go off to sleep
- to go off with
- to go on
- to go on—
- to go out
- to go out like a light
- to go out on strike
- to go out to fight
- to go over
- to go over to Rome
- to go round
- to go through
- to go through—
- to go together
- to go under
- to go up
- to go up to (a person)
- to go with—
- to go with it
- to have (something) going for one
- to make a federal case out of
- to make the hard yards
- to put in the hard yards
- to say before
- to serve hard time
- to shut up
- top rope
- tramp stamp
- tree of life
- trending
- two-four
- two-spirited
- UP
- weather bomb
- wet wipe
- wintry mix
- young adult offender
- Young Democrat
- young gentleman
- Young Republican
- young-earther
- young-earth creationist
- younger-looking
New senses
- advanced, adj.
- bit, n.2
- Bolognese, adj. and n.
- bread-crumb, n.
- cam, n.1
- camp, n.2
- chatter, n.1
- check, v.1
- cleat, n.
- comment, v.
- cottager, n.
- crux, n.
- cry, v.
- diva, n.
- document, n.
- double dip, n.
- eat, v.
- eccentric, adj. and n.
- filling, n.
- finish, n.
- finish, v.
- fish, n.4
- flip, v.
- furlough, n.
- furlough, v.
- furloughed, adj.
- gear, n.
- gem, n.
- gimmick, n.
- guard, v.
- guerrilla | guerilla, n.
- hobbit, n.
- host, v.2
- hover, v.1
- in, prep.2
- ink, n.1
- jam, n.1
- jam, v.1
- jug, n.2
- junkie, n.
- keener, n.2
- Kendal, n.
- kill, v.
- lead, v.1
- lipstick, n.
- monetize, v.
- salvage, v.
- shade, n.
- slider, n.
- smash, v.1
- smear, n.
- smear, v.
- smearing, n.
- stand-up, adj. and n.
- tea-party, n.
- top, v.1
- topper, n.2
- trip, v.
- tweeter, n.
- twitterer, n.
- up-tick, n.
- weave, n.