New words list June 2013
List of new word entries
In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, these ranges contain the following new entries:
New word entries
New sub-entries
New senses
New word entries
- flash mob, n.2
- fracking, n.
- fun day, n.
- gam, n.5
- geekery, n.
- hand brake, n.1
- hand roll, n.
- hand-balling, n.1
- hand-block, v.
- handed-down, adj.
- handel, v.
- hand-holding, adj.
- handicapping, adj.
- handled, adj.2
- handmake, v.
- hand-off, n.
- handover, n.
- handpass, v.
- hand-print, v.
- hand-printed, adj.
- hand-punching, n.
- hand-signalling | hand-signaling, n.
- hand-sold, adj.
- handwash, n.
- hand-wash, v.
- hand-wringer, n.
- handy-dandy, adj.
- head nodding, n.
- head space, n.
- head trip, n.
- head woman, n.
- headbang, v.
- headcam, n.
- headfuck, n.
- headfuck, v.
- headfucking, n.
- headmistressy, adj.
- head-nodding, adj.
- headstand, n.
- headstander, n.
- head-stay, n.1
- headstay, n.2
- head-to-toe, adj. and adv.
- headways, adv. and adj.
- hearth-pace, n.1
- hearthstoning, n.
- heart-in-mouth, adj. and adv.
- heart-scalded, adj.
- heart-scalding, adj.
- heart-stopper, n.
- heart-stopping, adj.
- imbongi, n.
- interoperability, n.
- jolly hockey sticks, int., adj., and n.
- knobhead, n.
- kombucha, n.
- live blog, n.
- live-blog, v.
- live-blogging, n.
- mani-pedi, n.
- Mephistophelian, adj.
- microbiome, n.
- mochaccino, n.
- mouseover, n.
- parasomnia, n.
- phorbeia, n.
- post-racial, adj.
- Randian, adj. and n.
- red velvet, n.
- Russell Group, n.
- salat, n.
- schlumpy, adj.
- sega, n.
- showrunner, n.
- smackhead, n.
- smeg, n. (and int.)
- syrtos, n.
- trans, adj.
- transman, n.
- transperson, n.
- transphobia, n.
- transphobic, adj.
- transwoman, n.
- travers, n.
- trixie, n.
- veepstakes, n.
- watch fob, n.
- young adult, n. and adj.
New sub-entries
- 3D printer
- 3D printing
- ash dieback
- B and D
- BDSM
- breech face
- brown fat
- compass heading
- controlled crying
- crib death
- CSA
- D and S
- dad dancing
- debt trap
- dental implant
- developmental delay
- handcarter
- hearteningly
- heart-stoppingly
- heartwarmingly
- eggy bread
- false negative
- false positive
- frithborh-head
- gut check
- hand basin
- hand bible
- hand blender
- hand carriage
- hand cream
- hand deliver
- hand dryer
- hand engine
- hand lens
- hand lotion
- hand money
- hand muff
- hand nail
- hand phone
- hand plant
- hand sanitizer
- hand shaft
- hand shandy
- hand soap
- hand stitch
- hand weeding
- hand, foot, and mouth
- hand, foot, and mouth disease
- hand-built
- hand-crank
- hand-cut
- handcycle
- hand-delivered
- hand-dived
- hand-dyed
- hand-embroidered
- hand-finished
- hand-forged
- handgate
- handhole
- hand-hot
- handkerchief hem
- handkerchief tree
- hand-knotted
- hand-laid
- hand-painted
- hand-pike
- hand-polished
- hand-pollinated
- hand-powered
- hand-promise
- hand-rear
- hand-rearing
- hand-rolled
- hand-rolling
- hand-sewed
- hand-sized
- handsome-looking
- hand-stitched
- hand-stitching
- handwarsel
- handwriting analysis
- handwriting recognition
- handy hint
- handyman special
- handyman’s special
- head cap
- head capsule
- head chef
- head chorister
- head coach
- head cold
- head constable
- head cook
- head crash
- head drop
- head flaw
- head game
- head gardener
- head gasket
- head injury
- head job
- head librarian
- head massage
- head noise
- head noun
- head nurse
- head of the corner
- head of the school
- head prefect
- head shell
- head tile
- head torch
- head trauma
- head tube
- head wound
- header tank
- headfire
- head-foot
- headless horse
- headless horseman
- headline act
- headline position
- headline tour
- headmount
- head-mounted
- head-spinning
- headwall
- heart ailment
- heart and dart
- heart and dart moth
- heart bypass
- heart chakra
- heart maker
- heart monitor
- heart muscle
- heart of darkness
- heart patient
- heart pill
- heart pine
- heart surgery
- heart trouble
- hearth-silver
- heart-sink
- heart-sinking
- heart-smart
- heart-tugger
- heart-tugging
- heart-worn
- heart-wrenching
- HMO
- inch-perfect
- insulin resistance
- Kaffir lime
- light pollution
- search engine optimization
- SEO
- silent treatment
- sister wife
- slow jam
- soft launch
- spotted medick
- sudden oak death
- sun salutation
- to get the silent treatment
- to give (a person) the silent treatment
- to hand back
- to hand in
- to hand off
- to hand out
- to hand over
- to hand up
- to head off
- to turn heads
- tray bake
- vascular dementia
- vermicompost
- vermicomposter
- vermicomposting
- wingsuit
- worm compost
New senses
- baked, adj.
- block, n.
- blow, n.2
- boot, n.3
- bro, n.
- bum, v.6
- chill, adj.
- chilled, adj.
- code, v.
- coder, n.
- complete, v.
- core, n.1
- cow, n.1
- craft, n.
- epic, adj. and n.
- fascinator, n.
- fill, v.
- fly-over, n.
- fob, n.2
- follow, v.
- follower, n.
- footer, n.1
- heeler, n.1
- hophead, n.
- jump, v.
- library, n.1
- sprite, n.
- stream, v.
- threesome, n., adj., (and adv.)
- validate, v.
- validation, n.