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.