December 2002 update

12 December 2002 saw the publication of the range of entries mono-motrix 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

• Mono, n.¹
• mono, n.⁷
• mono, n.⁸
• monoaminergic, a.
• monoanion, n.
• monoanionic, a.
• monoao, n.
• monobactam, n.
• monobath, n.
• monobloc, n.²
• monobosom, n.
• monobrominate, v.
• monobromination, n.
• mono-brow, n.
• mono-browed, a.
• monocarpellate, a.
• monocarpy, n.
• monocephalic, a.
• monochlorinate, v.
• monochlorination, n.
• monochorial, a.
• monochorionic, a.
• monocled cobra, n.
• monoclimax, n.
• monoclinism, n.
• monoclonality, n.
• monocotyl, n. and a.
• monocrop, a. and n.
• monocrop, v.
• monocropping, n.
• monoculturalism, n.
• monocytoid, a.
• monodactylate, a.
• monodeiodinase, n.
• monodeiodinating, n.
• monodeiodination, n.
• monodisperse, a.
• monodispersed, a.
• monodomous, a.
• monodontid, n. and a.
• monodrome, a.
• mono-ethnic, a. and n.
• monofactorial, a.
• monoflagellated, a.
• monogatari, n.
• monogenetically, adv.
• monogenicity, n.
• monoglottism, n.
• monogramming, n.
• monograptid, a. and n.
• monogyne, a. and n.
• monohalogenated, a.
• monohaploid, n. and a.
• monohydrocalcite, n.
• monoidal, a.
• monokine, n.
• monoleaf, a.
• monolingually, adv.
• monomachia, n.
• monomerization, n.
• monomerize, v.
• monomethylate, v.
• monometrically, adv.
• monomineral, a.
• monomino, n.
• monomode, a.
• monomyth, n.
• mono no aware, n.
• monoousios, a.
• monophage, n.
• monophobia, n.
• monophobic, a.
• monophosphate, n.
• monophthongized, a.
• monophthongizing, n.
• monophylesis, n.
• monophyletism, n.
• monophysism, n.
• Monoplacophora, n.
• monoplacophoran, a. and n.
• monoplane, v.
• monoplastidic, a.
• monoprint, n.
• monoprotic, a.
• monopsonic, a.
• monoracial, a.
• monorhinic, a.
• monosemous, a.
• monosomaty, n.
• monospaced, a.
• monospecificity, n.
• monosporangiate, a.
• monosulfiram, n.
• monosynaptic, a.
• monotelic, a.
• monoterpene, n.
• monoterpenoid, n. and a.
• monothecous, a.
• monotonal, a.
• monotonality, n.
• monotoneity, n.
• monotransitive, a.
• monotrichous, a.
• monotypy, n.
• monounsaturate, n.
• monozygote, n. and a.
• monozygous, a.
• Monsig., n.
• Mons Mensae, n.
• Monstera, n.
• monsterdom, n.
• monstering, n.
• monstro, a.
• montage, v.
• montaged, a.
• Montague grammar, n.
• Montanian, n.
• montanic, a.²
• Montauk, a. and n.
• Monte Cristo, n.
• Montenegran, n. and a.
• Montgomery, n.
• monticulus, n.
• montology, n.
• Montreal, n.
• montroseite, n.
• Montserratian, n. and a.
• Monty Pythonesque, a.
• moocah, n.
• moodscape, n.
• moody, v.
• moo goo gai pan, n.
• mooi, a. and int.
• mook, n.
• moolie, n.
• moolinyan, n.
• moom pitcher, n.
• Moon, n.³
• moonball, n.
• moonball, v.
• moonballing, n.
• moon child, n.
• Mooney, n.
• moonias, n.
• moon shot, n.²
• moonstomp, v.
• moonstomping, n.
• moony, n.
• Mooré, n.² and a.
• Moore’s law, n.
• mooseburger, n.
• moo shu, n.
• mooth, a.
• moothie, n.
• moothy, a.
• moqueca, n.
• Moqui, n. and a.
• morabaraba, n.
• morabitino, n.
• morada, n.
• moralis, n.
• Morave, n.
• Moraxella, n.
• Morbier, n.
• Morbillivirus, n.
• morcellate, v.
• morcha, n.
• Mordovian, a. and n.
• Mordvian, n. and a.
• Mordvinian, n. and a.
• Morecambe Bay, n.
• moreno, n.
• morepork, n. and int.
• Moresca, n.
• Morgagni, n.
• Morgagnian, a.
• Morgon, n.
• moribana, n.
• Morimo, n.
• Morita, n.
• morna, n.
• mornward, adv. and a.
• Moro, n.⁴
• moronism, n.
• morph, n.⁵
• morph, v.
• -morphic, comb. form
• morphinan, n.
• morphing, n.
• morphinized, a.
• morphinomimetic, n. and a.
• morpho-, comb. form
• morphogenetic field, n.
• morpholecithus, n.
• morphon, n.³
• morphophonetic, a.
• morphoscopical, a.
• morphospecies, n.
• morphotonemic, a.
• -morphous, comb. form
• -morphy, comb. form
• morral, n.
• morrel, n.
• morrhuate, n.
• morrhuic, a.
• Morris, n.⁵
• morris-dance, v.
• morro, n.
• morrow-speech, n.
• Morse, n.⁴
• mortido, n.
• mortising, n.¹
• moruti, n.
• mos, n.
• mos, adv.
• mosaicking, n.
• mosbolletjie, n.
• Moscovian, a. and n.
• Mosel, n.
• Moseley, n.
• mosh, n.
• Mosotho, n. and a.
• mossyback, n.
• mostaccioli, n.
• mosto, n.
• mot, n.³
• MOT, v.
• Mota, n.
• MOTH, n.³
• moth, a.
• moth, v.¹
• mother bairn, n.
• mother daughter, n.
• motheree, n.
• motherese, n.
• motherfuck, n. and int.
• motherfuck, v.
• mothering, a.²
• motherish, a.
• motherkins, n.
• mother kirk, n.
• motherment, n.
• mother-on-law, n.
• mothersickness, n.
• moth-fretted, a.
• mothy, a.²
• motifeme, n.
• motifemic, a.
• motific, a.²
• motionate, v.
• motocrosser, n.
• motoneuronal, a.
• motor-boatist, n.
• motorcade, v.
• Motor City, n.
• motorcross, n.
• motorcrosser, n.
• motorcycling, a.
• motorhead, n.
• motoric, n.
• motorically, adv.
• motoring, a.
• motorkhana, n.
• motormouth, v.
• motormouthed, a.
• motormouthing, n.
• motormouthing, a.
• motor pacing, n.
• motorphobia, n.
• Motswana, n.

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

• (Under mono-, comb. form)
  • monoamniotic
  • monobuoy
  • monocolpate
  • monodirectional
  • monogeneric
  • monojet
  • monoporate
  • monosporidial
  • monosulcate
  • monotherapy
  • monohydroxy
  • monohydroxylated
  • monomethylamine
  • monooxygenase
  • monopotassamide
  • monoxalate
• (Under monoaxial, a.)
  • monoaxially
• (Under monoclonal, a. and n.)
  • monoclonal antibody
• (Under monocrop, v.)
  • monocropped
• (Under monodromic, a.)
  • monodromic group
• (Under monodromy, n.)
  • monodromy group
  • monodromy theorem
• (Under monoidal, a.)
  • monoidally
• (Under monomode, a.)
  • monomode fibre
• (Under monomolecular, a.)
  • monomolecularly
• (Under monomorphic, a.)
  • monomorphically
• (Under monophyletic, a.)
  • monophyletically
• (Under monoplane, n. and a.)
  • monoplanist
• (Under monoplane, v.)
  • monoplaning
• (Under monopolar, a.)
  • monopolarly
• (Under monopoly, n.)
  • Monopolies Commission
• (Under monopsonistic, a.)
  • monopsonistically
• (Under monoski, v.)
  • monoskiing
• (Under monosodium, a.)
  • monosodium glutamate
• (Under monosynaptic, a.)
  • monosynaptically
• (Under monotonal, a.)
  • monotonally
• (Under monster, n., adv., and a.)
  • monster film
  • monster flick
  • monster movie
  • monster truck
• (Under Montagu, n.²)
  • Montagu rig
• (Under Montezuma, n.)
  • Montezuma quail
• (Under monthly, a. and n.)
  • monthly meeting
• (Under monumental, a. and n.)
  • monumental mason
  • monumental masonry
  • monumental sculptor
  • monumental sculpture
• (Under mood, n.¹)
  • mood board
  • mood disorder
  • mood elevation
  • mood music
  • mood ring
• (Under moon, n.¹)
  • moon boot
  • moonfruit pine
  • moon gate
  • moon jelly
  • moon jellyfish
  • moon moth
  • moonphase
  • Moon Pie
  • moon pool
  • moon roof
  • moon rover
  • moon shell
  • moon snail
• (Under mooring, n.¹)
  • mooring point
• (Under moose, n.²)
  • moose milk
  • moose parchment
  • moose pasture
• (Under moot, n.¹)
  • moot courtroom
• (Under mop, n.⁴)
  • mop bucket
  • moptop
• (Under moral, a.)
  • moral bankruptcy
  • moral compass
  • moral economy
  • moral hazard
  • moral panic
  • moral rights
• (Under moran, n.)
  • moranhood
• (Under morbid, a.)
  • morbid obesity
• (Under morbidly, adv.)
  • morbidly obese
• (Under morello, n.)
  • morello wine
• (Under Morgagni, n.)
  • ventricle of Morgagni
  • columns of Morgagni
• (Under Morian, n. and a.)
  • Morian head
• (Under morning, n., a., and int.)
  • morning assembly
  • morning goods
  • morning milk
  • morning person
• (Under Moro, n.² and a.)
  • Moro National Liberation Front
• (Under morphia, n.)
  • morphia injection
• (Under morphic, a.)
  • morphic field
  • morphic resonance
• (Under morphoplasm, n.)
  • morphoplasmic
• (Under morrow, n. (adv.) and int.)
  • morrow meat
• (Under mortar, n.¹)
  • mortar tube
• (Under mortgage, n.)
  • mortgage belt
• (Under morth, n.)
  • morthdeed
• (Under mosaic, n. and a.¹)
  • mosaic glass
  • mosaic virus
• (Under Moses, n.)
  • Moses sole
• (Under mosquito, n.)
  • mosquito fish
  • mosquito screen
• (Under moss, n.¹)
  • moss boat
  • moss grieve
  • moss killer
  • moss phlox
  • moss-room
  • moss saxifrage
  • moss stitch
• (Under mossy, a. and n.)
  • mossy fibre
  • mossy saxifrage
• (Under most, a., pron., n., and adv.)
  • most favoured nation
  • most significant
  • most valuable player
  • most wanted
• (Under mothball, v.)
  • mothballing
• (Under mother, n.¹ (and int.))
  • mother-father
  • mother-milk
  • mother’s knee
  • mother’s little helper
  • mother’s side
  • Mother of Floods
  • mother of all —
  • Mother Bell
  • Mother English
  • Mother General
  • mother hen
  • mother kingdom
  • mother-metal
  • mother nation
  • mother quelling
  • mother root
  • mother-starter
  • mother-thyme
• (Under mothering, n.¹)
  • mothering-cake
  • Mothering Day
  • mothering pen
  • mothering-up pen
• (Under mother-in-law, n. and a.)
  • mother-in-law joke
  • mother-in-law seat
• (Under motherland, n.)
  • Motherland Party
• (Under motion, n.)
  • man in motion
  • motion blur
  • motion detector
  • motion discomfort
  • motion-rod
  • motion sensor
  • motion-teacher
  • motion video
  • motion watch
• (Under motley, n. and a.)
  • motley iron
  • motley-maker
• (Under motor, n. and a.)
  • motor accessory
  • motorboard
  • motor driver
  • motor gasoline
  • motor house
  • motor-paced
  • motor pool
  • motor rally
  • motor rallying
  • motor spirit
  • motor-traction
  • motor-van
  • motor-voter
  • motor-wind
  • motor cell
  • motor neuron disease
  • motor point
  • motor protein
  • motor theory
• (Under motorcycle, n.)
  • motorcycle combination
  • motorcycle mama
  • motorcycle officer
• (Under motorway, n.)
  • motorway bird
  • motorway junction
  • motorway services

Out-of-sequence new entries

12 December 2002 also saw the publication of the the following new entries from across the alphabet:

• amphitelic, a.
• any more, adv.
• at sign, n.
• barista, n.
• bookmark, n.
• bookmark, v.
• bookmarked, a.
• bookmarking, n.
• botch-up, n.
• boxaerobics, n.
• boxercise, n.
• brainiac, a. and n.
• BTEC, n.
• Caesar, n.²
• callback, n.
• call time, n.
• card-carrying, a.
• cark, v.²
• catch-up, n.² and a.
• Chiantishire, n.
• COSHH, n.
• Crimble, n.
• Crimbo, n.
• cytokine, n.
• dirty realism, n.
• dirty realist, n.
• dirty realist, a.
• dog-and-pony, a. and n.
• dog-and-pony show, n.
• downshift, n.
• downshift, v.
• downshifter, n.
• downshifting, n.
• downwardly, adv.
• dream team, n.
• easy-peasy, a. (int. and adv.)
• Ebonics, n.
• extra-virgin, a. and n.
• family credit, n.
• family jewel, n.
• farfalle, n.
• free-ride, v.
• free ride, n.
• free-rider, n.
• free-riding, n.
• gagging, a.
• golden goal, n.
• greenwash, n.
• greenwash, v.
• greenwashing, n.
• Hazchem, n.
• hazmat, n.
• headcount, n.
• head-counter, n.
• head-counting, n.
• head-turning, a.
• hella, adv. (and a.)
• herbed, a.
• ilmoran, n.
• joined-up, a.
• lippy, n.²
• living doll, n.
• lymphotropic, a.
• pharmacophore, n.
• pharmacophoric, a.
• polytelic, a.
• screenshot, n.
• shoegazer, n.
• shoegazing, n.
• shoot-from-the-hip, a.
• single currency, n. and a.
• single European currency, n.
• snowboard, n.
• snowboard, v.
• snowboarder, n.
• snowboarding, n.
• synflorescence, n.
• tax-and-spend, n. and a.
• taxer and spender, n.
• telemedicine, n.
• telephone bank, n.¹
• telephone bank, n.²
• telephone banking, n.
• upsize, v.
• upsized, a.
• upsizing, n.
• white-bread, a.

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

• (Under Cæsar, n.¹)
  • Caesar cut
  • Caesar haircut
  • Caesar cipher
• (Under call, n.)
  • bad (good, etc.) call
  • call waiting
• (Under call, v.)
  • it’s called —
  • don’t call us, we’ll call you
  • don’t call us
• (Under canon, n.¹)
  • the canon
• (Under canteen, n.)
  • canteen culture
• (Under cargo, n.¹)
  • cargo pants
  • cargo trousers
• (Under case, n.²)
  • case-sensitive
• (Under cashless, a.)
  • cashless society
• (Under cave, n.¹)
  • cave diver
  • cave diving
• (Under Chinese, a. and n.)
  • Chinese meal
  • Chinese burn
• (Under choice, n.)
  • of choice
  • drug of choice
• (Under commercial, a. and n.)
  • commercial A
  • commercial at
• (Under D)
  • DVT
• (Under dairy, n.)
  • dairy-free
• (Under deep, a.)
  • deep vein thrombosis
  • deep venous thrombosis
• (Under dependency, n.)
  • dependency culture
• (Under dirty, a.)
  • dirty dancing
• (Under dog, n.¹)
  • dog and bone
  • (the) dog’s bollocks
• (Under downward, adv. (prep.) and a.)
  • downward-mobile
  • downward mobility
• (Under dream, n.²)
  • in your (my, etc.) dreams
  • dream catcher
  • dream pop
• (Under dream, v.²)
  • dream on
• (Under dress, n.)
  • dress code
• (Under drug, n.¹)
  • drug of choice
  • drug baron
  • drug bust
  • drug buster
  • drug test
  • drug testing
  • drugs baron
• (Under East India, n.)
  • East India pale ale
• (Under easy, a. and adv.)
  • easy come, easy go
• (Under economy, n.)
  • economy class syndrome
• (Under extra, a., adv., and n.)
  • extra time
• (Under extreme, a., adv., and n.)
  • extreme sport
  • extreme fighting
  • extreme skiing
  • extreme skier
• (Under F)
  • FMV
• (Under fall, v.)
  • to fall off the back of a lorry
  • to fall off the back of truck
• (Under family, n.)
  • family-size
  • family-sized
  • family values
• (Under fan, n.²)
  • fan base
• (Under free, a., n., and adv.)
  • free vortex
• (Under full, a., n.³, and adv.)
  • full-motion
  • full-motion video
• (Under fusion, n.)
  • fusion cuisine
• (Under gag, n.¹)
  • gag order
• (Under golden, a.)
  • Golden Delicious
  • golden duck
  • golden oldie
• (Under greengrocer, n.)
  • greengrocer’s apostrophe
• (Under guest, n.)
  • guest worker
• (Under hate, n.¹)
  • hate crime
  • hate speech
• (Under head, n.¹)
  • to get one’s head around (something)
  • to give (good) head
  • to bang (also knock) heads together
  • to get (also have, etc.) one’s head together
  • to do (a person’s) head in
• (Under headless, a.)
  • headless chicken
  • running about like a headless chicken
• (Under hell, n.)
  • to go to (or through) hell and back (again)
  • — from hell
• (Under herd, v.²)
  • to herd cats
  • like herding cats
  • as hard as herding cats
• (Under holocaust, n.)
  • Holocaust denial
  • Holocaust denier
• (Under honey, n. (a.))
  • honey trap
• (Under I)
  • IPA
  • IRC
  • ISP
• (Under India, n.)
  • India pale ale
• (Under Indian, a. and n.)
  • Indian burn
• (Under informed, ppl. a.)
  • informed consent
• (Under level, a. and adv.)
  • level playing field
• (Under level, v.¹)
  • to level the playing field
• (Under loyalty, n.)
  • loyalty card
• (Under phone, n.²)
  • phone bank
  • phone tag
• (Under Planck, n.)
  • Planck length
  • Planck mass
  • Planck density
  • Planck scale
  • Planck time
  • Planck temperature
  • Planck energy
• (Under portal, n.¹)
  • portal site
• (Under portfolio, n.)
  • portfolio career
  • portfolio worker
• (Under postal, a. (n.))
  • to go postal
• (Under problem, n.)
  • to have a problem with
• (Under public, a. and n.)
  • public interest immunity
  • public interest immunity certificate
• (Under racket, n.²)
  • racket abuse
• (Under ring, v.²)
  • don’t ring us, we’ll ring you
  • don’t ring us
• (Under rolling, ppl. a.)
  • rolling news
• (Under screen, n.¹)
  • screen saver
• (Under scroll, v.)
  • scroll bar
• (Under service, n.¹)
  • service provider
• (Under shoot, v.)
  • to shoot from the hip
  • to shoot oneself in the foot
• (Under side, n.¹)
  • side impact
• (Under stand-by, n.)
  • standby time
• (Under sticker, n.¹)
  • sticker shock
• (Under talk, n.)
  • talk radio
  • talk time
• (Under tax, v.)
  • to tax and spend
• (Under telephone, n.)
  • telephone tag
• (Under tell, v.)
  • tell me about it
• (Under ultimate, a. and n.)
  • ultimate fighting
• (Under victim, n.)
  • victims support
  • Victims Support Scheme
  • victim support
• (Under voluntary, a., adv., and n.)
  • voluntary simplicity
• (Under zone, n.)
  • in the zone

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• boarder, n.
• Chinese, a. and n.
• conserved, ppl. a.
• dog, n.¹
• facilitator, n.
• fud, n.¹
• herb, v.
• hire, n.
• Indian, a. and n.
• ozoned, a.
• sleaze, n.
• stand-by, n.
• white bread, n.
• zone, v.
• zoned, a.