March 2004 update

11 March 2004 saw the publication of the range of entries nud-ollycrock in the New Edition. In addition to revised versions of Second Edition entries, this range contains the entries listed below. We have also added a further list of new words from across the alphabet.

List of new words

• nudum pactum, n.
• nug, v.
• nuh, int.
• nuh-uh, adv.
• nukespeak, n.
• nul et non avenu, a.
• nulli-, comb. form
• nulligravid, a.
• nulligravida, n.
• nulling, a.
• nullipar, n.
• nullisomy, n.
• nul points, n.
• Numa, n.
• Numb., n.
• number-crunch, v.
• numero, adv.
• Numic, a. (and n.)
• nummies, n.
• nummulitid, n. and a.
• nummus, n.
• numpty, n. and a.
• nun, n.⁴
• nunchuck, n.
• nunchuck, v.
• Nung, n.
• Nunga, n.
• nunquam satis, n.
• nunu, n.
• Nupercaine, n.
• Nuraghic, a.
• nurdle, v.
• Nuristani, n. and a.
• Nurofen, n.
• nursery-maid, v.
• nurshing, a.
• nurturist, a. and n.
• nusach, n.
• Nusas, n.
• Nusayri, n. and a.
• nuse, n.
• nuse, v.
• nushnik, n.
• nu skool, a. and n.
• nusstorte, n.
• nutball, a. and n.
• nut bar, n.
• nut driver, n.
• nut hatch, n.²
• nut job, n.
• nutly, a.
• nutmeg, v.
• nut-pick, n.
• nutraceutical, n. and a.
• nutricial, a.
• nutrifaction, n.
• nutrification, n.
• nutrose, n.
• nutshelly, a.
• nutso, n., a., and adv.
• nuttin’, n.
• nutty, n.
• Nuu-chah-nulth, a. and n.
• Nuxalk, n. and a.
• nux indica, n.
• Nuzi, a. and n.
• Nuzian, a. and n.
• nuzzling, n.²
• N-word, n.
• Nyabingi, n. and a.
• nyaff, n.
• nyaff, v.
• nyaffing, n.
• nyaffing, a.
• nyah, int., n., and a.
• nyah-nyah, v.
• nyamps, n.
• Nyamwezi, a. and n.
• nyatiti, n.
• Nyaya, n.
• nycteribiid, a. and n.
• nycterid, n. and a.
• nyctohemeral, a.
• Nyingma, a. and n.
• Nyingmapa, a. and n.
• nymph, n.²
• nymphette, n.
• nymphing, n.
• nymphly, a.
• nyoung, a.
• Nyquist, n.
• nystagmography, n.
• nytril, n.
• Nyungar, n. and a.
• oaf, v.
• oak-aged, a.
• oak-ageing, n.
• oam, n.
• Oamaru, a.
• oarer, n.
• oart, n.
• oary boat, n.
• Oatrim, n.
• ob, n.⁵
• O-Bahn, n.
• obdurance, n.
• obelized, a.
• obento, n.
• Oberleutnant, n.
• Oberstleutnant, n.
• obflisticate, v.
• obfusc, a.
• obfuscator, n.
• obfuscatory, a.
• obfusticate, v.
• obfusticated, a.
• ob-gyn, n.
• obituarial, a.
• objecture, n.
• oblata, n.²
• oblatio, n.
• oblative, a.
• oblatum, n.
• oblectament, n.
• obligator, a. and n.¹
• obliquus, n.
• oblited, a.
• oblivescence, n.
• obliviable, a.
• oblivioned, a.
• obrute, a.
• obsequency, n.
• obsequience, n.
• observated, a.
• observating, n.
• Observator, v.
• obsessionalism, n.
• obsessionality, n.
• obsistency, n.
• obsolute, a.
• obstacular, a.
• obstrict, n.
• obstropolos, n.
• obstructer, n.
• obstupefying, a.
• obstupely, adv.
• obtundation, n.
• obtunded, a.
• obtusively, adv.
• obumbrative, a.
• oc, adv.
• oc, conj.
• occam, n.
• Occanist, n.
• occasionably, adv.
• Occitanic, a.
• occultic, a.
• oceanwards, adv.
• ochanee, int.
• ochratoxin, n.
• ochred, a.
• ochree, int.
• ockerish, a.
• Oconee bells, n.
• O’Connellism, n.
• O’Connellite, n. and a.
• -ocrat, comb. form
• -ocratic, comb. form
• Oct, n.
• octadecane, n.
• octadecyl, n.
• octamer, n.
• octameric, a.
• Octans, n.
• octatomic, a.
• octatonic, a.
• octaving, n.
• octeres, n.
• octoate, n.
• octocoral, n.
• octocorallian, n. and a.
• octonarius, n.
• octonion, n.
• octopodal, a.
• octopoid, a.
• octopoidal, a.
• octothorp, n.
• octu-, comb. form
• octuplicate, n.
• octyl glucoside, n.
• -ocular, comb. form
• ocularies, n.
• oculi-, comb. form
• oculimotory, a.
• oculister, n.
• oculus lucidus, n.
• Oddi, n.
• ODESSA, n.
• odiferous, a.
• -odinic, comb. form
• odograph, n.
• odometric, a.
• odometryx, n.
• -odon, comb. form
• Odonata, n.
• odonatan, a. and n.
• odonate, n. and a.
• odonatist, n.
• odonatologist, n.
• odonatology, n.
• -odont, comb. form
• -odontia, comb. form
• Odontoceti, n.
• odontogenesis, n.
• odontoma, n.
• -odontous, comb. form
• odorate, n.¹
• odorative, a.
• -odynia, comb. form
• -oecious, suffix
• oenanthate, n.
• oenanthotoxin, n.
• oeufs sur le plat, n.
• Of-, comb. form
• OFEX, n.
• off-again on-again, a.
• off-bearing, a.
• off-brand, n. and a.
• off-cast, v.
• off-dry, a.
• off-gas, n.
• off-gas, v.
• off-gassing, n.
• off-guard, n.
• off-guard, a.
• off guard, adv. and a.
• off-haul, n.
• officerly, a.
• officialate, n.
• officialized, a.
• officiate, n.¹
• officina militum, n.
• offie, n.
• off-kilter, adv. and a.
• off-off-off Broadway, a., n., and adv.
• off-patent, adv. and a.
• off-piste, a., adv., and n.
• off-plan, adv.
• off-planet, adv. and a.
• off-price, adv., n., and a.
• off-reserve, a. and adv.
• off-road, a. and adv.
• off-roader, n.
• off-roading, n.
• offsetting, n.¹
• off-shoulder, v.
• off-square, n.
• off stump, n.
• off-switch, n.
• off-tackle, a. and adv.
• off-the-ball, adv. and a.
• off-the-plan, adv.
• off-trade, n. and a.
• off-trail, adv. and a.
• off-world, adv., a. and n.
• off-worlder, n.
• Ofgem, n.
• Oflot, n.
• Ofrail, n.
• ofshake, v.
• Ofsted, n.
• oftsithe, n.
• ofuro, n.
• oga, n.
• oggy, n.
• ogi, n.
• ogo, n.
• ogogoro, n.
• Ogoni, n. and a.
• O grade, n.
• O’Grady, n.
• -ographer, comb. form
• ogre-like, a. and adv.
• Ogygian, a.²
• oh, n.²
• oh-ing, n.
• Ohlone, n. and a.
• ohmage, n.
• ohmigod, int.
• ohne mich, n., a., and adv.
• ohu, n.
• oi, n.¹
• oil boom, n.¹
• oil boom, n.²
• oilfish, n.
• oilionaire, n.
• oinet, n.
• ointer, n.
• Oka, n.
• okadaic, a.
• Okanagan, n. and a.
• okay yah, a., int., (and n.)
• OK Corral, n.
• oke, n.²
• Okhranka, n.
• okie, n.²
• okole, n.
• OK sign, n.
• Oktoberfest, n.
• Okun, n.
• OK yah, int., a. (and n.)
• -ola, suffix¹
• OLAP, n.
• -olatrist, suffix
• -olatry, comb. form
• old age security, n.
• old baas, n.
• old city, n.
• old economy, n. and a.
• old faithful, n.
• old folk, n.
• Old Fourlegs, n.
• Old French, n. and a.
• Old Frisian, n. and a.
• old growth, n. and a.
• old higue, n.
• old iron, n.
• Old Labour, a. and n.
• old man of the woods, n.
• old media, n.
• old moneyed, a.
• Old Ned, n.
• old order, n.
• old ral, n.
• Old Rose, n.¹
• old schooler, n.
• old soldiering, n.
• old-talk, v.
• old talk, n.
• Old Testamentism, n.
• oldward, n.
• old-worldly, a.
• OLE, n.²
• -ole, suffix¹
• oleandrin, n.²
• OLED, n.
• oleochemical, n. and a.
• oleophosphate, n.
• Olestra, n.
• ole-talk, v.
• ole talk, n.
• olfactory bulb, n.
• olfactory lobe, n.
• olfactory nerve, n.
• olfactory tract, n.
• -olide, comb. form
• olifants melkbos, n.
• oligemy, n.
• oligo, n.
• oligogene, n.
• oligogenic, a.
• oligomerized, a.
• oligophage, n.
• oligotroph, n. (and a.)
• oligotrophication, n.
• oligotropic, a.²
• Olivella, n.
• Oliver, n.²
• olivopontocerebellar, a.
• ollie, n.
• ollie, v.
• Olliemania, n.
• Ollier, n.
• ollycrock, n.

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

• (Under nudi-, comb. form)
  • nudicauline
• (Under nuisance, n. and a.)
  • nuisance call
  • nuisance suit
• (Under nuke, v.)
  • nuked
• (Under null, n.¹)
  • null method
• (Under null, a.)
  • null cell
  • null-G
  • null-grav
  • null lymphocyte
  • null modem
• (Under numb, a. and n.)
  • numb eel
  • numbnuts
• (Under number, n.)
  • number portability
  • numbers game
  • number eight
  • number two pencil
• (Under numbered, a.)
  • numbered company
• (Under numbskull, n. and a.)
  • numbskullity
• (Under numeric, a. and n.)
  • numeric keypad
  • numeric pad
• (Under numerical, a. and n.)
  • numerical taxonomy
  • numerical value
• (Under numerically, adv.)
  • numerically controlled
• (Under Numidian, n. and a.)
  • Numidian marble
• (Under nuptial, a. and n.)
  • nuptial couch
  • nuptial mass
• (Under nurse, n.¹)
  • nurse log
  • nurse-name
  • nurse practitioner
  • nurse’s aide
  • nurses’ home
  • nurses’ station
• (Under nursery, n. and a.)
  • nursery area
  • nursery cannon
  • nursery pudding
  • nursery tea
  • nursery teacher
  • nurseryware
• (Under nursing, n.)
  • nursing officer
  • nursing station
• (Under nut, n.¹ and a.²)
  • nut bread
  • nut clam
  • nut-cutting
  • nut flush
  • nut loaf
  • nut-pecker
  • nut quad
  • nut roast
  • nutless
• (Under nutcracker, n.)
  • nutcracker-like
• (Under nutmeg, n. and a.)
  • nutmeg mannikin
  • nutmeg melon
  • nutmeg pippin
• (Under nutrient, a. and n.)
  • nutrient cycle
• (Under nutshell, v.)
  • nutshelling
• (Under nutsy, a. and n.)
  • nutsiness
• (Under nycto-, comb. form)
  • nyctotropic
• (Under nystagmography, n.)
  • nystagmographic
• (Under O)
  • O.
  • OAPEC
  • OAS
  • OB
  • OB
  • OBC
  • OBE
  • obo
  • OCD
  • Oe
  • OE
  • OECS
  • OEM
  • OFT
  • OHP
  • OIRO
  • O.J.
  • OMOV
  • OND
  • OOP
  • OP
  • O.P.’s
  • O.R.
  • ORR
  • OS
  • O.S.
  • OST
  • O.T.
  • OTE
  • OTT
  • OUP
• (Under O, n.²)
  • O sign
• (Under oak, n. and a.)
  • oak parlour
  • oak processionary
  • oak-smoked
  • oaktag
  • oak toad
• (Under oaken, a.)
  • oakenshaw
• (Under oak leaf, n.)
  • oak-leaf cluster
  • oak-leaf hydrangea
  • oak leaf roller
• (Under oat, n.)
  • oat riddle
• (Under oatmeal, n. and a.)
  • oatmeal-groat
  • oatmeal water
• (Under obedience, n.)
  • obedience school
  • obedience-trained
• (Under obedientiary, n.)
  • obedientiary roll
  • obedientiary system
• (Under object, n.)
  • object-oriented
  • objects clause
• (Under oblata, n.¹)
  • Oblata Roll
• (Under oblique, a., n., and adv.)
  • oblique photograph
• (Under obliterating, n.)
  • obliterating mark
  • obliterating stamp
• (Under oblivious, a.)
  • oblivious transfer
• (Under observable, a. and n.)
  • observable universe
• (Under obsign, v.)
  • obsigning
• (Under obstupefy, v.)
  • obstupefied
• (Under obvolve, v.)
  • obvolved
• (Under occasion, n.¹)
  • occasion wear
• (Under occidental, a. and n.)
  • occidentalness
• (Under occipital, a. and n.)
  • occipital lobe
• (Under occipito-, comb. form)
  • occipito-atloidal
  • occipito-axoidal
• (Under occupational, a.)
  • occupational health
• (Under ocean, n.)
  • ocean crust
  • ocean engineering
  • ocean-floor spreading
  • ocean perch
  • ocean pout
  • ocean ridge
  • ocean sunfish
  • ocean trench
  • ocean-like
• (Under oceanic, a.)
  • oceanic crust
  • oceanic ridge
  • oceanic trench
• (Under ocellated, a.)
  • ocellated lizard
• (Under octave, n.² and a.)
  • octave doubling
  • octave note
• (Under October, n.)
  • October crisis
  • October surprise
• (Under octuple, a. and n.)
  • octuply
• (Under ocular, n. and a.)
  • ocular dominance
  • ocular dominance column
  • ocular plate
• (Under oculo-, comb. form)
  • oculocephalic
• (Under odd, a., n.¹, and adv.)
  • odd body
• (Under odds, n.)
  • odds ratio
• (Under oenological, a.)
  • oenologically
• (Under oestrogen, n.)
  • oestrogen replacement therapy
• (Under off-, prefix)
  • off-balance-sheet
  • off-budget
  • off-field
  • off-market
  • off-network
  • off-reservation
  • off-speed
  • off-topic
• (Under offender, n.)
  • offender profiling
• (Under offensive, a. and n.)
  • offensive weapon
• (Under offer, n.¹)
  • offer document
  • offer price
• (Under office, n.)
  • office automation
  • office lady
  • office park
  • office tower
• (Under official, a.)
  • official birthday
• (Under offset, n.)
  • offset curve
  • offset printing
• (Under off-set, a.)
  • offset screwdriver
• (Under offside, adv., a.², and n.²)
  • offside trap
• (Under ogive, n.)
  • ogive arch
• (Under oil, n.¹)
  • oil base
  • oil-based
  • oil body
  • oil crisis
  • oil development
  • oil diplomacy
  • oil embargo
  • oil-fuelled
  • oil furnace
  • oil giant
  • oil gold-size
  • oil line
  • oil major
  • Oil Red
  • oil shock
  • oil soap
  • oil spray
  • oil trade
• (Under oilseed, n.)
  • oilseed rape
• (Under old, n.¹)
  • old and bitter
• (Under old, a.)
  • old ale
  • old bachelor
  • Old Bay
  • Old Bay State
  • old beer
  • old chestnut
  • Old Colony
  • old flame
  • old-law tenement
  • old-life
  • old news
  • Old North State
  • old orchard
  • Old People
  • old people’s home
  • old pro
  • old saw
  • old score
  • Old Sol
  • Old Sparky
  • old-stock
  • Old Stone Age
  • old tiger
  • old trick
  • Old West
  • old boot
  • old cat
  • old fart
  • old head
  • old salt
  • Old Church Slavic
  • Old Church Slavonic
  • Old High German
  • Old Low German
  • Old Slavic
  • Old Slavonic
• (Under older, a. and n.)
  • older man (also woman)
• (Under oldest, a. (and n.))
  • oldest profession
• (Under old-fashioned, a. (adv.) and n.)
  • old-fashioned glass
  • old-fashioned looking
• (Under old folk, n.)
  • old folk’s home
• (Under old man, n.)
  • old man snapper
• (Under oligo-, comb. form)
  • oligoclonal
  • oligodeoxynucleotide
  • oligodeoxyribonucleotide
  • oligolege
  • oligotrich
• (Under oliphant, n.)
  • oliphant sickness
• (Under olivary, n. and a.)
  • olivary complex
• (Under olive, n.¹ and a.)
  • olive baboon
  • olive-backed oriole
  • olive copper ore
  • olive dun
  • olive mangrove
  • olive press
  • olive ridley
  • olive shell
  • olive-sided flycatcher

Out-of-sequence new entries

11 March 2004 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• 0898 number, n.
• air guitar, n.
• air guitar, v.
• Alawi, n. and a.
• Alawite, n. and a.
• alum, n.²
• anadama bread, n.
• Anasazi, n. and a.
• Ansarian, n.
• Ansayri, n.
• Arkansan, a. and n.
• Arkansawyer, n.
• Arkansian, n.
• Arkie, n. and a.
• arugula, n.
• back lot, n.
• back-talk, v.
• backtalking, a.
• Bahaman, a.
• Bahamian, n. and a.
• Barbie, n.²
• barhop, v.
• bar-hopper, n.
• bar-hopping, n.
• bar-hopping, a.
• BB, n.
• Bella Coola, n.
• Bi and Bi, n.
• bicoastal, a. and n.
• bilingualization, n.
• bilingualize, v.
• bobskate, n.
• bolet, n.
• bolete, n.
• boomer, n.³
• bottom-up, a. and adv.²
• bottom-up, adv.¹
• Buffalo, n.²
• calicivirus, n.
• Chewa, n. and a.
• Chichewa, n. and a.
• chifforobe, n.
• clam, n.⁷
• clit, n.
• clitty, n.
• demutualization, n.
• demutualize, v.
• de-stress, v.
• de-stressed, a.
• de-stressing, n.
• de-stressing, a.
• DNR, n. and a.
• fundi, n.² and a.
• fundie, n. and a.
• furo, n.
• F-word, n.
• F-word, v.
• Ghuzz, n. and a.
• herbologist, n.
• herbology, n.
• home invader, n.
• home invasion, n.
• homestay, n.
• home-wrecker, n.
• home-wrecking, a.
• information fatigue, n.
• in octavo, adv.
• juku, n.
• kegger, n.
• rap jumping, n.
• realo, n. and a.
• red zone, n.
• ringgit, n.
• rucola, n.
• scratchie, n.
• SeaCat, n.²
• second city, n.
• sheepshagger, n.
• sheep-shagging, n.
• sheep-shagging, a.
• skoosh, n.
• skoosh, v.
• sleazoid, a. and n.
• slice-and-dice, a.
• smart casual, a. and n.
• snakeboard, n.
• sneakernet, n.
• sovereignist, a. and n.
• sovereigntist, n. and a.
• statin, n.
• tadger, n.
• Tamagotchi, n.
• TENS, n.
• todger, n.
• Toronto blessing, n.
• twelve-inch, a. and n.
• twelve-incher, n.
• UK garage, n.
• water birth, n.
• wedgie, n.²
• weirded out, a.
• West Lothian question, n.
• XXXX, n.
• yeehaw, int.

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

• (Under A)
  • ATF
• (Under animal, n. and a.)
  • animal cracker
• (Under ascension, n.)
  • ascension robe
• (Under baggage, n. and a.)
  • baggage carousel
• (Under beef, n.)
  • beef tomato
• (Under beef-steak, n.)
  • beefsteak tomato
• (Under bring, v.)
  • to bring off
• (Under conduct, n.¹)
  • conduct disorder
• (Under dust, n.¹)
  • dust mite
• (Under E)
  • EEA
• (Under edge, n.)
  • edge city
• (Under European, a. and n.)
  • European economic area
  • European monetary system
• (Under gated, ppl. a.¹)
  • gated community
• (Under house, n.¹)
  • house-dust mite
  • house mite
• (Under hydro-)
  • hydromassage
• (Under information, n.)
  • information overload
• (Under key, n.¹)
  • key grip
• (Under L)
  • LTTE
• (Under liberation, n.)
  • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
• (Under lucid, a.)
  • lucid dream
  • lucid dreamer
  • lucid dreaming
• (Under photo-, comb. form)
  • photodecompose
• (Under racial, a.)
  • racial profiling
• (Under relational, a. and n.)
  • relational database
• (Under ritual, a. and n.)
  • ritual abuse
  • satanic ritual abuse
• (Under role, n.)
  • role strain
• (Under Satanic, a.)
  • satanic abuse
• (Under scratch, n.¹)
  • scratch lottery
  • scratch lottery ticket
• (Under ski, n.)
  • ski bunny
• (Under skid, n.)
  • skid mark
• (Under skunk, n.)
  • skunk-weed
• (Under sledge-hammer, n.)
  • to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  • to use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat
• (Under slice, v.¹)
  • to slice and dice
• (Under smart, a.)
  • smart gun
• (Under smoke, n.)
  • smoke and mirrors
• (Under snow, n.¹)
  • snow cannon
  • snow racer
• (Under soccer, n.)
  • soccer mom
• (Under speed, n.)
  • speed garage
• (Under spin, v.)
  • to spin the drum
• (Under stall, n.¹)
  • to set out one’s stall (also one’s stall out)
• (Under standard, n. (a.))
  • Standard grade
• (Under Tamil, n.)
  • Tamil Tiger
• (Under tension, n.)
  • tension headache
• (Under teriyaki, n.)
  • teriyaki marinade
  • teriyaki sauce
• (Under time, n.)
  • at one’s own good time
  • in one’s (also its) own good time
• (Under virtual, a. (and n.))
  • virtual pet
• (Under voice, n.)
  • voice message
  • voice messaging
  • voice recognition
• (Under water, n.)
  • water sport
• (Under weird, v.)
  • to weird out
• (Under well(-)done, ppl. a.)
  • well done that man
• (Under wheel, n.)
  • wheels of industry
• (Under white, a.)
  • big white telephone
  • to talk to Ralph (also God, etc.) on the big white telephone
  • White Van Man
• (Under windfall, n.)
  • windfall profits tax
  • windfall tax

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• bilingualism, n.
• bill, n.²
• brother, n.
• carafe, n.
• clinker, n.²
• dag, n.¹
• daggy, a.
• deep, adv.
• edgy, a.
• grip, n.¹
• herbalism, n.
• higher, a. (n.¹) and adv.
• homeless, a. and n.
• invasive, a.
• profile, n.
• profile, v.
• profiling, vbl. n.
• relation, n.
• settlement, n.
• skunk, n.
• slip-stream, n.
• spin, n.¹
• sprinkle, n.¹
• tactile, a.
• Tejano, n. and a.
• tiger, n.
• valet, n.
• widget, n.