December 2006 update

On 14 December 2006 the alphabetical range pomander-prajnaparamita was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. Below are listed all the new words in the range. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet.

List of new words

• pomerac, n.
• po-mo, n.²
• po-mo, adj.²
• pomodoro, n.
• Pompe, n.
• pomped, adj.¹
• pompe funèbre, n.
• Pompeii worm, n.
• pomper, v.
• pom-pom, n.³
• pom-pom-pull-away, n.
• ponasterone, n.
• Ponca, n. and adj.
• pondered, adj.
• pondokkie, n.
• pond scum, n.
• Pontefract, n.
• Pontiac fever, n.
• Pontine, adj.¹
• pontooned, adj.
• pony car, n.
• ponzu, n.
• -poo, comb. form
• pooch, v.¹
• pooch, v.²
• poochie, n.
• poofter, n.²
• pooling, n.¹
• pool price, n.²
• poopsie, n.
• poopy, n. and int.
• poopy, adj.¹
• poopy, adj.²
• poopy suit, n.
• poot, n. and int.
• poot, v.
• po’ouli, n.
• pop-cult, n.
• popiah, n.
• popism, n.²
• popist, n.
• popmobility, n.
• Popovtsy, n.
• pop quiz, n.
• pop-riveted, adj.
• pop shot, n.
• pop sock, n.
• popstrel, n.
• Pop Tart, n.¹
• pop tart, n.²
• poptastic, adj.
• popular beat combo, n.
• Populuxe, n. and adj.
• pop-under, n. and adj.
• porcelained, adj.
• porcelainized, adj.
• porcelainizing, n.
• porcelanized, adj.
• porchetta, n.
• porcino, n.
• porencephalia, n.
• Porfirian, adj.
• porifer, n.
• porin, n.
• poriomania, n.
• pork, v.
• porking, n.²
• Porkopolis, n.
• porky, n.²
• pororoca, n.
• porosimeter, n.
• porosimetry, n.
• porosis, n.²
• porphyrized, adj.
• Porro prism, n.
• port, n.¹⁰
• portably, adv.
• portainer, n.
• Portaloo, n.
• Porta Potti, n.
• portastudio, n.
• portice, n.
• porting, n.²
• portobello, n.²
• Portosan, n.
• portulacaceous, adj.
• porus, n.
• poseable, adj.
• posedown, n.
• poset, n.
• posey, adj.
• poshly, adv.
• posho, n.² and adj.
• positionality, n.
• positraction, n.
• Posix, n.
• posole, n.
• posser, n.
• posseting, n.¹
• POSSLQ, n.
• post, adv.²
• postage-free, adv. and adj.
• post-boomer, n.
• postcode, v.
• post-colonialism, n.
• post-colonialist, adj. and n.
• post-coloniality, n.
• post-communism, n. and adj.
• post-concussion, adj.
• post-concussional, adj.
• post-coordinate, adj.
• postcranium, n.
• post-Diana, adv. and adj.
• poster, v.
• posteriad, adv.
• posteriormost, adj.
• post-exposure, adj. and adv.
• post facto, adj. and adv.
• postfertilization, adj. and adv.
• post-Fordism, n.
• post-Fordist, adj.
• post-Gutenberg, adj.
• post-human, adj. and n.
• post-humanism, n.¹
• posthumanism, n.²
• post-humanist, adj. and n.
• postilizing, n.
• postillating, adj.
• Post-it, n.
• postlike, adj.²
• post line, n.¹
• post-materialism, n.
• post-materialist, adj. and n.
• post-materialistic, adj.
• post-minimal, adj.
• post-minimalism, n.
• post-minimalist, adj. and n.
• post-modernity, n.
• postmodify, v.
• post-polio, adj.
• post-pubescent, adj. and n.
• post-punk, adj. and n.
• postrenal, adj.
• post rock, n.¹
• post-rock, adj. and n.²
• PostScript, n.²
• postseason, n. and adj.
• post-up, n.
• postvention, n.
• postviral, adj.
• potae, n.
• potassian, n.
• potato head, n.
• potentiodynamic, adj.
• potica, n.
• potless, adj.
• pot rack, n.¹
• potsticker, n.
• potted, adj.²
• Potter, n.⁴
• potteress, n.
• potty, v.
• POTUS, n.
• poudre de riz, n.
• pouf, v.
• poufy, adj.
• pouker, n.
• poukwain, n.
• poule au riz, n.
• pouncer, n.³
• pound sign, n.
• poupou, n.
• poured, adj.
• pour-on, adj. and n.
• poutine, n.
• povidone, n.
• povo, n.
• power bar, n.
• power curve, n.
• power-down, n.
• power dress, v.
• power-dressed, adj.
• power dresser, n.
• power dressing, n.
• power dressing, adj.
• powered-down, adj.
• powered-up, adj.
• power function, n.
• powerhead, n.
• powerlifter, n.
• powerlifting, n.
• power rating, n.
• power-shop, v.
• power shopper, n.
• power shopping, n.
• power skating, n.
• power trip, n.
• power-trip, v.
• power-up, n.
• power walk, n.
• power-walk, v.
• power-walker, n.
• power walking, n.
• Poynting–Robertson, n.
• Pr, n.
• practicking, n.
• pradhan, n.
• praefericulum, n.
• pragmalinguistic, adj.
• pragmalinguistics, n.
• pragmaticist, n.
• prairie school, n.
• prajna, n.
• prajnaparamita, n.

In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These include:

• (Under pompadour, n., adj., and adv.)
  • pompadour cotinga
  • Pompadour pink
  • pompadour-coloured
• (Under pompano, n.)
  • Irish pompano
• (Under pomp, n.¹)
  • pomp rock
• (Under pompom, n.¹)
  • pompom girl
• (Under pompous, adj. and adv.)
  • pompous-sounding
• (Under pond, n.)
  • pond bush
  • pond cypress
  • pond dipping
  • pond duck
  • pond frog
  • pond heron
  • Indian pond heron
  • pond hockey
  • pond life
  • pond liner
  • pondpenny
  • pond pike
  • pond slider
  • pond terrapin
  • European pond terrapin
  • pond hole
• (Under ponderomotive, adj.)
  • ponderomotively
• (Under pong, v.¹)
  • ponging
• (Under pontoon, n.¹)
  • pontoon boat
  • pontoon plane
• (Under pony, n. and adj.)
  • pony ballet
  • pony beer
  • pony keg
• (Under poodle, n.)
  • poodle parlour
  • poodle skirt
• (Under pool, n.¹)
  • pool frog
• (Under pool, v.¹)
  • pool-hole
• (Under pool-drive, v.)
  • pool driving
• (Under poop, n.¹)
  • the Poop
• (Under poopy, n. and int.)
  • poopy-plops
• (Under poor, adj. and n.¹)
  • Poor Knights
  • Poor Knights of Windsor
  • poor roll
• (Under poor, v.)
  • pooring
• (Under pop, n.¹)
  • pop machine
• (Under pop, n.⁸ and adj.)
  • pop-picker
  • pop wine
• (Under popify, v.)
  • popified
• (Under poplar, n.)
  • poplar leaf beetle
  • poplar tentmaker
  • poplar-bordered
• (Under Popovtsy, n.)
  • Popovtsism
• (Under popped, adj.)
  • popped corn
• (Under poppet, n.)
  • poppet hole
• (Under population, n.¹)
  • population centre
  • population III
• (Under poral, adj.)
  • porally
• (Under porcellanite, n.)
  • porcellanitic
• (Under porch, n.)
  • porch swing
  • porch light
• (Under pork, n.¹)
  • pork belly
  • pork-belly futures
  • pork ham
  • pork scratchings
  • pork sword
  • pork tapeworm
• (Under porky, adj.)
  • porky pie
• (Under portable, adj. and n.)
  • portable classroom
• (Under portage, n.¹)
  • portage trail
• (Under portative, adj. and n.)
  • portative organ
• (Under port, n.¹)
  • port authority
  • port captain
  • portgavel
  • port warden
• (Under port, n.³)
  • port wages
• (Under portentous, adj.)
  • portentousness
• (Under porter, n.³)
  • porter cup
  • porter ale
  • porter beer
• (Under porter, n.²)
  • porter’s ale
  • porter’s beer
  • porter’s guzzle
• (Under portfolio, n.)
  • portfolio insurance
• (Under portionable, adj.)
  • portionably
• (Under portion, n.)
  • portion control
• (Under portrait, n., adv., and adj.)
  • portrait collar
  • portrait neckline
• (Under Portugal, n. and adj.)
  • Portugal melon
• (Under posing, n.²)
  • posing pouch
• (Under positional, adj.)
  • positional astronomy
  • positional cloning
  • positional play
• (Under position, n.)
  • position statement
• (Under positive, adj. and n.)
  • positive reinforcement
  • positive-sum
  • positive-sum game
• (Under postage, n.¹)
  • postage due
• (Under postal, adj. and n.)
  • postal money order
  • postal telegraph
• (Under post, n.¹)
  • post match
  • post pattern
• (Under post, n.³)
  • post room
• (Under post-, prefix)
  • post-AIDS
  • post-conflict
  • post-consumer
  • post-everything
  • post-grunge
  • post-hippie
  • post-holocaust
  • postinfection
  • postirradiation
  • post-main sequence
  • post-partisan
  • post-pill
  • post-rave
  • post-sales
  • post-16
  • post-tax
  • post-yuppie
  • post-Columbian
  • postinflammatory
  • postischaemic
  • post-tussive
  • post-apocalyptic
  • postbiological
  • post-communist
  • post-critical
  • post-Fascist
  • post-gay
  • post-historical
  • post-ideological
  • post-imperial
  • post-ironic
  • postliterate
  • postnational
  • post-processual
  • post-racist
  • post-religious
  • post-secondary
  • post-Soviet
  • post-transcriptional
  • post-transcriptionally
  • post-translational
  • post-translationally
  • post-zygotic
  • post-canine
  • postcapillary
  • postcardinal
  • postjunctional
• (Under post-concussional, adj.)
  • post-concussional syndrome
• (Under post-concussion, adj.)
  • post-concussion syndrome
• (Under poster, n.²)
  • poster board
  • poster boy
  • poster child
  • poster girl
• (Under posterior, n., adj., and adv.)
  • posterior mediastinum
  • posterior presentation
• (Under postero-, comb. form)
  • postero-anterior
  • posterodorsally
  • posteroparietal
• (Under post-exposure, adj. and adv.)
  • post-exposure prophylaxis
• (Under postmenopausal, adj.)
  • postmenopausally
• (Under post-polio, adj.)
  • post-polio syndrome
• (Under post-punk, adj. and n.)
  • post-punker
• (Under potash, n.)
  • potash glass
  • potash works
• (Under potassium, n.)
  • potassium feldspar
  • potassium hydroxide
  • potassium nitrate
  • potassium permanganate
• (Under potato, n.)
  • one potato, two potato
  • potato cyst nematode
  • potato leafhopper
  • potato print
  • potato skin
  • potato stalk borer
  • potato top
  • potato wart
  • potato wart disease
  • potato whisky
  • potato bed
  • potato farmer
  • potato farming
• (Under potato head, n.)
  • Mr (also Mrs) Potato Head
  • Mr Potato Head
  • Mrs Potato Head
• (Under potato root, n.)
  • potato root eelworm
• (Under pot-bellied, adj.)
  • pot-bellied pig
  • Vietnamese pot-bellied pig
• (Under pot, n.¹)
  • pot of the head
  • pot egg
  • pot holder
  • pot-keep
  • pot light
  • pot lighting
  • pot shelf
  • pot venison
  • pot warmer
  • pot seller
• (Under potential, adj. and n.)
  • potential difference
• (Under potentially, adv.)
  • potentially exempt transfer
• (Under potentize, v.)
  • potentizing
• (Under pothole, n.)
  • pothole lake
• (Under Pott, n.)
  • Pott’s curvature
  • Pott’s paraplegia
• (Under pottery, n.)
  • pottery mould
  • pottery oven
• (Under potty, n.)
  • potty-mouthed
  • potty parity
• (Under pouch, n.)
  • pouch pocket
• (Under pouched, adj.)
  • pouched gopher
  • pouched rat
• (Under poulard, n.)
  • poulard wheat
• (Under pound, n.¹)
  • pound-cost averaging
  • pound royal
• (Under pound, n.²)
  • poundpenny
  • pound pup
  • pound puppy
• (Under povidone, n.)
  • povidone-iodine
• (Under powder, n.¹)
  • powder-coated
  • powder coating
  • powder hound
  • powder pink
• (Under powdering, n.)
  • powdering gear
  • powdering puff
• (Under power, n.¹)
  • power of agency
  • power alley
  • power amp
  • power ballad
  • powerband
  • power bloc
  • powerbox
  • power breaker
  • power breakfast
  • power chord
  • power cord
  • power-crazed
  • power-crazy
  • power-drunk
  • power forward
  • power grab
  • power-grabber
  • power lunch
  • power luncher
  • power lunching
  • power nap
  • power outage
  • power pitcher
  • power pop
  • power popster
  • power projection
  • powershift
  • power shower
  • power slide
  • power-slide
  • power socket
  • power strip
  • power suit
  • power surge
  • power tie
  • power tower
  • power user
  • power wash
  • power-wash
  • power washer
  • power washing
  • power window
  • power yoga
  • power zoom
• (Under power, v.)
  • to power up
  • to power down
• (Under powerful, adj., n., and adv.)
  • powerful-looking
• (Under power-trip, v.)
  • power-tripping
• (Under Poynings, n.)
  • Poynings’ Act
• (Under Poynting–Robertson, n.)
  • Poynting–Robertson effect
  • Poynting–Robertson drag
• (Under practical, adj. and n.)
  • practical theology
  • practical-headed
  • practical-based
• (Under practically, adv.)
  • practically minded
• (Under practice, n.)
  • practice range
  • practice tee
• (Under practised | practiced, adj.)
  • practisedly
• (Under prairie, n.)
  • prairie buffalo
  • prairie deer mouse
  • prairie dove
  • prairie lark
  • prairie lily
  • prairie meadow mouse
  • prairie mole
  • prairie mouse
  • prairie phlox
  • prairie plum
  • prairie skirt
  • prairie vole

Out-of-sequence new entries

14 December 2006 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• ad feminam, adv. and adj.
• adhocracy, n.
• appam, n.
• après-skiing, n.
• ashtanga, n.
• auditionee, n.
• auditioner, n.
• baba ganoush, n.
• baby blues, n.¹
• baby blues, n.²
• back channel, n.
• bad eye, n.
• bad mind, n. and adj.
• bad-minded, adj.
• bad-talk, v.
• bahu, n.
• ballyhooed, adj.
• binge eat, v.
• binge eater, n.
• binge eating, n.
• bioactive, adj.
• booger, n.¹
• booger, n.²
• bris, n.
• brit, n.⁴
• brit milah, n.
• bubbe, n.
• Bundt, n.
• candomblé, n.
• caponata, n.
• chalcogen, n.
• chalcogenide, n.
• chedi, n.
• chemo, n.
• child-free, adj.
• chuffing, adj.
• cinephile, n.
• cinephilia, n.
• conidiogenesis, adj.
• conidiogenous, adj.
• corporatization, n.
• corporatize, v.
• coulis, n.
• Cretacean, adj. and n.
• cross-contaminate, v.
• cross-contamination, n.
• cross-party, adj.
• cryptid, n.
• dandiya, n.
• dandiya raas, n.
• dartitis, n.
• diel, adj. (and n.)
• dupatta, n.
• ear bud, n.¹
• ear bud, n.²
• Eeyorish, adj.
• escabeche, n.
• fitna, n.
• flob, n.
• flob, v.²
• FOB, n.⁴
• foot-tapping, n.
• foot-tapping, adj.
• fugly, n. and adj.
• giant slalom, n.
• Granthi, n.
• greigite, n.
• groupware, n.
• Guru Granth Sahib, n.
• gyoza, n.
• heinie, n.²
• hijiki, n.
• hinky, adj.
• hoisin, n.
• hospitalist, n.
• hypericin, n.
• insource, v.
• insourcing, n.
• jiaozi, n.
• jobseeker, n.
• ketide, n.
• ladyboy, n.
• La Niña, n.
• perpyne, n.
• RU-486, n.
• self-medicator, n.
• shiso, n.
• silver bullet, n.
• Sudoku, n.
• sufferation, n.
• Super-G, n.
• super giant slalom, n.
• supermini, n.²
• superminicomputer, n.
• tag sale, n.
• tajine, n.
• Talibanization, n.
• Talibanize, v.
• Talibanized, adj.
• T-ball, n.
• thigh-high, adv., adj., and n.
• trou, n.
• tupuna, n.
• umami, n.
• undercard, n.
• unelectable, adj.
• uthappam, n.
• vinyasa, n.
• webcast, v.
• webcaster, n.
• wick, v.³
• zayde, n.

In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:

• (Under absentee, n. and adj.)
  • absentee ballot
• (Under active, adj. and n.)
  • activewear
• (Under administrative, adj.)
  • administrative leave
• (Under air, n.¹)
  • air rights
  • air show
• (Under asynchronous, adj.)
  • asynchronous transfer mode
• (Under autism, n.)
  • autistic spectrum disorder
• (Under baby, n.)
  • baby alarm
  • baby listening
  • baby monitor
• (Under bake, v.)
  • bake sale
• (Under best, adj. and adv.)
  • best-of
• (Under binge, n.²)
  • binge–purge
  • binge-and-purge
• (Under birth, n.¹)
  • birth mother
  • birth father
• (Under breakfast, n.)
  • breakfast bar
• (Under calliper | caliper, n.)
  • caliper brake
• (Under card, n.²)
  • card counter
  • card counting
• (Under city, n.)
  • city boy
  • city girl
• (Under coffee, n.)
  • coffee culture
• (Under convenience, n.)
  • convenience food
• (Under country, n.)
  • country-western
• (Under cruciate, adj.)
  • cruciate sulcus
• (Under crumple, v.)
  • crumple zone
• (Under driving, n.)
  • driving range
• (Under E, n.)
  • ESN
• (Under electric, adj. and n.)
  • electric window
• (Under extraordinary, adj., adv., and n.)
  • extraordinary rendition
• (Under fair, adj. and n.²)
  • fair bet
• (Under fibrous, adj.)
  • fibrous dysplasia
• (Under first, adj., (n.), and adv.)
  • first responder
• (Under Florida, n.)
  • Florida anise
• (Under G, n.)
  • GM
• (Under goal, n.)
  • goal cage
• (Under hard, adj. and n.)
  • hard power
• (Under head, n.¹)
  • headrush
• (Under Helmholtz, n.)
  • Helmholtz function
• (Under high, adj. and n.²)
  • high post
• (Under I, n.)
  • IMEI
• (Under initiation, n.)
  • initiation codon
• (Under in-line, n. and adj.)
  • in-line skate
  • in-line skating
  • in-line skater
• (Under internal, adj. and n.)
  • internal exile
• (Under lawn, n.²)
  • lawn bowling
• (Under L, n.)
  • LSB
• (Under liquid, adj. and n.)
  • liquid measure
• (Under logistical, adj.)
  • logistical nightmare
• (Under low, adj. and n.)
  • low post
• (Under sample, n.)
  • sample market
• (Under S, n.¹)
  • SSRI
• (Under selective, adj.)
  • selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
• (Under serving, n.)
  • serving suggestion
• (Under shoulder, n.)
  • shoulder surf
  • shoulder surfer
  • shoulder surfing
• (Under soft, adj.)
  • soft power
• (Under spring, n.¹)
  • springform
• (Under taco, n.)
  • taco salad
• (Under tall, adj., (n.), and adv.)
  • tall poppy
  • tall poppy syndrome
• (Under tidal, adj.)
  • tidal bore
• (Under triple, adj. (and adv.))
  • triple witching
  • triple witching hour
• (Under U, n.¹)
  • USB
• (Under universal, adj., (adv.), and n.)
  • Universal Serial Bus
• (Under work, n.)
  • work–life
  • work–life balance
  • workplace nursery

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• aborted, adj.
• absentee, n. and adj.
• actual, adj.
• advantaged, adj.
• airport, n.
• anchor, n.¹
• answer, n.
• authoring, n.
• bandeau, n.
• best, adj. and adv.
• binge, n.²
• blip, n.
• Brussels, n.
• buggy, adj.
• cachet, n.
• cage, n.
• cager, n.
• cap, n.¹
• cap, v.¹
• clathrate, adj.
• coin, n.
• commando, n.
• compatibility, n.
• compatible, adj. and n.
• cookie, n.
• coquina, n.
• dairy, n.
• defender, n.
• driven, adj.
• electable, adj.
• engine, n.
• fit-up, n.
• gyratory, adj.
• head, n.¹
• hincty, adj.
• huff, v.
• huffer, n.
• huffing, n.
• iconic, adj.
• initiation, n.
• milk, n.¹ and adj.
• mixed, adj.²
• motivational, adj.
• moustache | mustache, n.
• muryan, n.
• muscle, n.
• Napoleonic, adj.
• netcast, n.
• netcast, v.
• net-caster, n.¹
• netcaster, n.²
• netcasting, n.
• news, n.
• Nigerien, adj. and n.
• P, n.
• panchax, n.
• pan-pan, n.
• park, n.
• quintessence, n.
• schmeer, n.
• slaughter, n.
• spit, v.²
• sucker, n.
• take, v.
• tender, adj., (adv.), and n.³
• territory, n.¹
• text, n.¹
• transgressive, adj.