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.