New words list March 2017

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

  • 420, n.
  • ab aeterno, adv.
  • abhorrable, adj.
  • abhorration, n.
  • acte clair, n.
  • adventus Saxonum, n.
  • adventus, n.
  • African English, n. and adj.
  • al pastor, n.
  • Arnold Palmer, n.
  • autist, n.
  • brood patch, n.
  • bugaku, n.
  • bug-eyes, n.
  • bugger, int.
  • buggeranto, n.
  • buggered-up, adj.
  • buggering, n.
  • buggerlug, v.
  • buggerlugging, n.
  • buggerlugs, n.
  • bugle bead, n.
  • bugless, adj.
  • bug-out, n.
  • bugs, adj.
  • Canada Day, n.
  • Canadian English, n.
  • Canadian-American, n. and adj.
  • Canadianizing, adj.
  • Canadianizing, n.
  • Canadianness, n.
  • Canaiolo, n.
  • Canajun, adj.
  • canalled | canaled, adj.
  • Can-Am, adj.
  • Cananee, n.
  • canarding, adj.
  • canarding, n.
  • canaree, n.
  • canarium, n.
  • Canavalia, n.
  • canavalin, n.
  • canavanine, n.
  • casus omissus, n.
  • Chi, n.2
  • chilaquiles, n.
  • chile con queso, n.
  • Chi-town, n.
  • comfort girl, n.
  • comfort woman, n.
  • eephus, n.
  • erga omnes, adv. and adj.
  • freak flag, n.
  • functus officio, adj.
  • garden apartment, n.
  • garden suite, n.
  • genericide, n.
  • girthy, adj.
  • hat tip, n.2
  • hatemonger, n.
  • hatemongering, adj.
  • hatemongering, n.
  • hathly, adj.
  • hating, adj.
  • hatter, n.3
  • heartthrobber, n.
  • heliopause, n.
  • heliosheath, n.
  • instrumentarium, n.
  • King Alfred, n.
  • kingie, n.
  • King’s X, n. and int.
  • labradorescent, adj.
  • labrid, n. and adj.
  • labriform, adj.
  • labrum, n.2
  • Lac, n.2
  • Lacanian, adj. and n.
  • Lacanianism, n.
  • laccy, n.
  • Lacerta, n.
  • Lacertilia, n.
  • lachryma, n.
  • lachrymate, adj.
  • lacinato, n.
  • lacky band, n.
  • Lactarius, n.
  • Linus blanket, n.
  • loogie, n.
  • Mary Sue, n.
  • Nowhereville, n.
  • pogonophobia, n.
  • queef, n.
  • queef, v.
  • queso, n.
  • screecham, n.
  • screeded, adj.
  • screenee, n.
  • scritch, int. and n.2
  • scritch, v.2
  • scritchy, int. and adj.
  • show bag, n.
  • show home, n.
  • showboating, adj.
  • showd, v.
  • showful, adj.
  • showgoer, n.
  • showreel, n.
  • showrooming, n.
  • showtime, n.
  • skitch, v.
  • sky lantern, n.
  • skydive, n.
  • skyline, v.
  • skyrmion, n.
  • South African English, n. and adj.
  • spooge, n.
  • spooge, v.
  • steding, n.
  • sticheron, n.
  • stickable, adj.
  • stick-to-itness, n.
  • sticky-outy, adj.
  • stuck-in-the-mud, n.
  • Stuckism, n.
  • Terminalia, n.1
  • termite, v.
  • termiting, n.
  • terra nullius, n.
  • throat sing, v.
  • throat singer, n.
  • throbby, adj.
  • throddy, adj.
  • ume, n.
  • umeboshi, n.
  • Zika, n.
  • -kine, comb._form3

New sub-entries

  • autism spectrum
  • autism spectrum condition
  • autism spectrum disorder
  • autistic spectrum
  • bird feeder
  • birth defect
  • bow shock
  • bug dope
  • bug fix
  • bug fixing
  • bug hunt
  • bug repellent
  • bug spray
  • bugged-out
  • bugger’s grips
  • buggy rake
  • buggy seat
  • buggy wheel
  • buggy whip
  • bug-infested
  • bugle-beaded
  • Canaan dog
  • Canada goldenrod
  • Canada Indian
  • Canada lily
  • Canada violet
  • Canadian beaver
  • Canadian canoe
  • Canadian dollar
  • Canadian football
  • Canadian goldenrod
  • Canadian goose
  • Canadian lynx
  • Canadian mosaic
  • Canadian pondweed
  • Canadian poplar
  • Canadian raising
  • Canadian Red Ensign
  • Canadian thistle
  • Canadian tuxedo
  • Canadian violet
  • Canadian waterweed
  • Canadian whisky
  • Canadian-born
  • Canadian-built
  • Canadian-made
  • Canadian-owned
  • Canadian-style
  • canal basin
  • canal moulding
  • canal-side
  • cananga oil
  • cananga water
  • canary colour
  • Canary sugar
  • carrot stick
  • cramp ball
  • deep throat
  • deep throat
  • delegated legislation
  • dependent territory
  • diminished capacity
  • diminished capacity defense
  • diminished capacity plea
  • direct evidence
  • doom-monger
  • duty solicitor
  • duty solicitor scheme
  • excepted peril
  • exclusionary rule
  • extrinsic evidence
  • fiend haet
  • fishery limit
  • flag state
  • FOI
  • FOI request
  • FOIA
  • FOIA request
  • garden border
  • garden burger
  • garden cart
  • garden chafer
  • garden design
  • garden designer
  • garden eel
  • garden escape
  • garden flat
  • garden fork
  • garden furniture
  • garden light
  • garden lot
  • garden paling
  • garden pebble
  • garden pebble moth
  • garden produce
  • garden shed
  • garden side
  • garden space
  • garden syringe
  • garden tiger
  • garden tiger moth
  • garden waste
  • garden-fresh
  • gardening farmer
  • garden-worthy
  • gear stick
  • golf buggy
  • gross negligence
  • hat designer
  • hat hook
  • hatch cover
  • hate figure
  • hate group
  • hate preacher
  • hate-filled
  • hate-watch
  • hatters’ shakes
  • hedonic damages
  • holiday club
  • in showroom condition
  • instruction code
  • instruction manual
  • instruction set
  • instruction sheet
  • instrument cluster
  • instrument of ratification
  • instrument rating
  • instrumental break
  • instrumental error
  • instrumentalization
  • intrinsic evidence
  • King Alfred’s cakes
  • King Billy
  • king bolete
  • king brown snake
  • king cake
  • king cheetah
  • king coconut
  • king for a day
  • king in council
  • King of Christmas
  • king of the castle
  • king of the hill
  • king of the mountain
  • King of the Mountains
  • king pair
  • king plate
  • king prawn
  • king protea
  • king shit
  • king tide
  • Kingdom Hall
  • king-elect
  • kingfisher colour
  • King’s Champion
  • King’s Colour
  • King’s Confession
  • king’s parade
  • king’s parakeet
  • king’s pattern
  • King’s Preacher
  • king’s purse
  • king’s scholar
  • king’s scholarship
  • King’s Scout
  • king’s touch
  • king’s yarn
  • Labrador twister
  • labyrinth disc
  • labyrinth packing
  • lac insect
  • lace manufacturer
  • lace merchant
  • lace monitor
  • laced up
  • lacily
  • lacing liver
  • laciniately
  • lacrimal canaliculus
  • lacrimal caruncle
  • lactose-negative
  • lactose-positive
  • liquid courage
  • on a king pair
  • Order of Canada
  • remote terminal emulation
  • remote terminal emulator
  • scoring circle
  • scree bed
  • screech beetle
  • screen acting
  • screen burn
  • screen burn-in
  • screen burn-out
  • screen capture
  • screen career
  • screen character
  • screen goddess
  • screen icon
  • screen idol
  • screen legend
  • screen mesh
  • screen performance
  • screen persona
  • screen presence
  • screen production
  • screen resolution
  • screen role
  • screen siren
  • screen trading
  • screen veteran
  • screen-and-roll
  • screening system
  • screenphone
  • screens passage
  • secondary legislation
  • shoelace
  • show breeder
  • show cave
  • show day
  • show globe
  • show of force
  • show poker
  • show ring
  • show stealer
  • shower attachment
  • shower block
  • shower tray
  • shower tree
  • showfield
  • showground
  • showroom condition
  • show-stealing
  • silkscreen print
  • skew-ways
  • sky advertising
  • sky burial
  • sky garden
  • sky island
  • sky lobby
  • sky map
  • sky piece
  • sky survey
  • sky world
  • skyscraper heel
  • sky-set
  • skywalk
  • skywatch
  • skywatching
  • sleeve garter
  • stick dice
  • stick ’em up!
  • stick fight
  • sticker album
  • sticker book
  • sticker bush
  • sticker-shocked
  • stickfast flea
  • stick-thin
  • stick-toad
  • sticky rice
  • sticky toffee pudding
  • sticky-back plastic
  • sticky-backed plastic
  • sticky-sweet
  • stomach bug
  • Stuckist
  • stuckupiness
  • stuck-up-ness
  • studdled
  • term sheet
  • terminal bonus
  • terminal emulation
  • terminal emulator
  • termination codon
  • termination shock
  • termite colony
  • termite nest
  • termiticide
  • throat cancer
  • throat distemper
  • throat infection
  • throat lozenge
  • throat sac
  • throat slitter
  • throat spray
  • thrombopoiesis
  • thrombopoietin
  • thrombospondin
  • throttle body
  • throttle response
  • throttlehold
  • tight-lacing liver
  • to be stuck on
  • to be stuck up for
  • to bugger around
  • to get stuck into
  • to screen out
  • to show around
  • to show down
  • to show for ——
  • to show off
  • to show out
  • to show through
  • to show up
  • to stick away
  • to stick into
  • to stick into ——
  • to stick it into
  • to stick it on
  • to stick it on
  • to stick on ——
  • to stick one (<r>also</r> it) on
  • to stick one on
  • to stick to ——
  • to stick to one’s text
  • to stick together
  • to stick up
  • to stick up for
  • wildlife corridor

New senses

  • bomb, n.
  • campaign, v.
  • campaigner, n.
  • catch, v.
  • corridor, n.
  • dry, adj. and adv.
  • enactment, n.
  • fit, adj.
  • fruit, n.
  • gear, n.
  • half-and-half, adv., n., and adj.
  • jugular, adj. and n.
  • kick, v.1
  • segue, n.
  • shield, v.
  • spectrum, n.
  • stand, v.
  • talk, v.