New words list June 2016

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

• Afrofuturism, n.
• Afrofuturist, adj.
• agender, adj.
• air punch, n.
• air-punching, n.
• Alpha Centaurian, n. and adj.
• andragogy, n.
• Ansar, n.
• Ansbach, n.
• anserine, n.
• ansible, n.
• answer book, n.
• answered, adj.
• bao, n.
• bare-knuckle, adj. and adv.
• base note, n.
• basic wage, n.
• big-arsed, adj.
• binky, n.
• bish bosh, int.2
• bish-bash-bosh, int. (and n.)
• bish-bosh, n. (and int.1)
• bittem, n.
• bodhi tree, n.
• bosh, int.
• bot, n.2
• bot, n.3
• botanica, n.
• boteh, n.
• bothan, n.
• bothen, n.
• bothered, adj.
• botherer, n.
• Bothnian, adj. and n.
• Bothnic, adj.
• botija, n.
• botijo, n.
• boto, n.
• botrytis, n.
• botrytized, adj.
• botte secrète, n.
• botte, n.2
• botter, n.
• bottle gas, n. and adj.
• bottle trap, n.
• bottle-cleaner, n.
• bottom fish, v.
• bottom liner, n.
• bottom note, n.
• bottom of the harbour | bottom of the harbor, n.
• bottomness, n.
• bottomonium, n.
• bottomwards, adv.
• botulinal, adj.
• bovver, v. and int.
• brass neck, n. and adj.
• brass-necked, adj.
• cent., adj.2
• cent., n.3
• Centaurus, n.
• CENTCOM, n.
• centering, n.
• centesimo, n.2
• centifolia, n.
• centimillionaire, n.
• centimorgan, n.
• centipedal, adj.1
• Central African, n. and adj.
• central, n.2
• centre part | center part, n.
• centre parting | center parting, n.
• centredness | centeredness, n.
• centrel, n.
• centreman | centerman, n.
• centre-part | center-part, v.
• centre-parted | center-parted, adj.
• centrewards | centerwards, n., adv., and adj.
• centre-weighted | center-weighted, adj.
• Centrex, n.
• centricipital, adj.
• centriciput, n.
• centrifugalism, n.
• chargrill, n.
• chargrill, v.
• chargrilled, adj.
• chop shop, n.
• chronotype, n.
• chyron, n.
• cintern, n.
• consessus, n.
• conversate, adj.
• conversate, v.
• cooperativity, n.
• corrido, n.
• cough syrup, n.
• CRISPR, n.
• deferrable, adj.
• deffo, int. and adv.
• demonym, n.
• diabatic, adj.
• diabetologist, n.
• diabetology, n.
• diabolizing, adj.
• diabolizing, n.
• diabolus in musica, n.
• diabolus, n.
• divey, adj.
• D-line, n.
• doof, n.1
• dopiaza, n.
• dowfart, n. and adj.
• dud, n.2
• dudder, n.
• duded-up, adj.
• dudette, n.
• dudgeoned, adj.
• duergar, n.
• duetting, n.
• duffed, adj.1
• eleventy, adj.
• exosolar, adj.
• explementary, adj.
• explete, v.2
• exploitational, adj.
• exploitatively, adv.
• exploitativeness, n.
• exploiter, n.1
• explore, n.
• explosivity, n.
• fixie, n.
• flauta, n.
• flowy, adj.
• FODMAP, n.
• folktronica, n.
• freekeh, n.
• fro-yo, n.
• gabba, n.1
• gabba, n.2
• gank, v.
• gianduja, n.
• girolle, n.
• glamp, v.2
• glamper, n.
• glamping, n.
• graphene, n.
• growbag, n.
• guajillo, n.
• Hitchcockian, adj.
• jackalope, n.
• javelina, n.
• junkball, n.
• kayfabe, n.
• keytar, n.
• krewe, n.
• krump, adj. and n.
• krump, v.
• krumping, n.
• laird, v.
• lamellophone, n.
• leet, adj. and n.5
• leetspeak, n.
• left brain, n. and adj.
• left justification, n.
• left turn, int. and v.
• left turn, n.
• left turning, n.
• left-centre | left-center, n. and adj.
• left-justified, adj.
• left-justify, v.
• left-turning, adj.
• leng, v.2
• likeliest, n.
• likembe, n.
• listicle, n.
• long trousers, n.
• long, n.2
• long, v.2
• longboarding, n.
• long-finned, adj.
• long-running, adj.1
• long-spined, adj.
• longtitude, n.
• longue durée, n.
• loosie, n.
• Lord Keeper, n.
• mahalo, n. and int.
• maitake, n.
• matcha, n.
• mecha, n.
• micronation, n.
• mofongo, n.
• narcocorrido, n.
• neti, n.
• parmo, n.
• pay-to-play, adj.
• pimentón, n.
• potjie, n.
• potjiekos, n.
• pourover, n. and adj.
• power couple, n.
• procursive, adj.1
• pwn, v.
• releet, n.
• right-footer, n.
• Scandi, adj. and n.
• Scooby Snack, n.
• self-harm, v.
• self-identify, v.
• self-selected, adj.
• sencha, n.
• shetar, n.
• shishito, n.
• slackline, n.
• slacklining, n.
• sleepsuit, n.
• sneakerhead, n.
• snus, n.
• soju, n.
• Sophie’s choice, n.
• sparticle, n.
• spesh, adj.
• spesh, n.
• spoach, v.
• spot-up, adj. and n.
• stalkerish, adj.
• star sign, n.
• star-blind, adj.2
• starchitect, n.
• stare-down, n.
• stare-out, n.
• starring, adj.
• star-studded, adj.
• start, adv.
• startfulmood, adj.
• startle reflex, n.
• startle response, n.
• straight-acting, adj.
• straight-acting, n.
• supercouple, n.
• sweary, adj.
• sweary, n.
• test drive, n.
• tink, v.4
• top gun, n.
• Twenty20, n.
• voice over internet protocol, n.
• vongole, n. and adj.
• wifty, adj.
• winster, adj. (and n.)

New sub-entries

• ankle-slapper
• answer key
• answering system
• assistant referee
• assisted death
• assisted dying
• Atlantic spotted dolphin
• attention-seeker
• Australian Central Standard Time
• Australian Central Time
• Australian Western Standard Time
• back bacon
• battle of the sexes
• beard lichen
• beta-hydroxy acid
• bot herder
• botanic garden
• botanic medicine
• botanical garden
• botanical medicine
• botanical name
• botch job
• botched job
• bothy ballad
• botmaster
• bottle and spoon
• bottle bill
• bottle bomb
• bottle cage
• bottle carrier
• bottle club
• bottle cooler
• bottle garden
• bottle kiln
• bottle lamp
• bottle oven
• bottle service
• bottle stink
• bottle ticket
• bottle vase
• bottle warmer
• bottle-aged
• bottleneck slide guitar
• bottlenose seal
• bottle-nosed seal
• bottling plant
• bottom ash
• bottom bracket
• bottom dead centre
• bottom fisherman
• bottom rig
• bottom round
• bottom surgery
• bottom time
• bottom trawling
• bottom turn
• bottom-fermented
• bottom-fermenting
• bottoming out
• bottomless pit
• bottom-line profit
• bottom-line question
• bottom-rung
• bottom-tree
• BRB
• breaking ball
• bright spark
• budgie smugglers
• butt cheek
• butt crack
• butt plug
• butt-naked
• butt-ugly
• calorie-controlled
• CamelCase
• carpet shampoo
• castle doctrine
• CBA
• CBD
• CBD
• central angle
• central banker
• central belt
• central body
• central business district
• Central Committee
• central dogma
• Central European Time
• central limit theorem
• central locking
• central locking mechanism
• central locking system
• central pawn
• central planning
• central processor
• Central State
• central tendency
• central vacuum
• central vacuum cleaning system
• central vacuum system
• centrally heated
• Centre Court
• centre fielder
• centre half-forward
• centre hole
• centre ice
• centre keel
• centre mark
• centre midfielder
• centre of attention
• centre of force
• centre of learning
• centre pawn
• centre school
• centre three-quarter
• centre three-quarter back
• centre-page
• centrifugalized
• centrifugal clutch
• centrogenesis
• centrogenetic
• centroplasm
• century year
• ceramic hob
• CGT
• chainset
• chequered flag
• choirgirl
• chromosome number
• Cinderella story
• cold caller
• comfort blanket
• Common Entrance
• Common Entrance Exam
• Common Entrance Examination
• common spotted orchid
• contact sheet
• convenience store
• core stability
• corporate hospitality
• cotton bud
• coursework
• craft beer
• craft brew
• crankset
• cross burning
• DD
• DH
• diabetic coma
• dirty martini
• dive bar
• dowfing
• dowfing bout
• driver’s licence
• driving licence
• DS
• dues-paying
• DW
• longboarder
• spousely
• spread-head
• starfished
• starvingly
• ED
• elimination diet
• emissions trading
• centrosomal
• Lord Keepership
• erectile dysfunction
• evening class
• explicability
• explanatory variable
• explant culture
• expletive-laden
• explicit definition
• exploitation well
• exploration licence
• exploratory well
• explosion crater
• explosion wave
• explosion-proof
• explosive cyclogenesis
• explosive ordnance disposal
• fast-casual
• FFS
• for a long moment
• foul trouble
• fourth official
• fun-size
• fun-sized
• FWIW
• ghost chilli
• ghost pepper
• giant squid
• gift certificate
• Goldilocks economy
• GOTV
• growing bag
• GTG
• hanging basket
• hearing loop
• heat map
• heath spotted orchid
• hen do
• hen night
• hen of the woods
• hen weekend
• hockey mom
• husband labour
• husband-and-wife
• husband-to-be
• HVAC
• ICT
• ICYMI
• IDC
• IDK
• IIRC
• Indian star tortoise
• IRL
• JK
• Kaffir work
• kitchen bitch
• K-pop
• left corner-back
• left corner-forward
• left deviationism
• left deviationist
• left end
• left guard
• left half-forward
• left side tool
• left tackle
• left-sidedness
• left-wingy
• left-eared
• left-eye
• left-hand lock
• left-hand screw
• left-handed mill
• left-handed rope
• left-to-right
• leisure centre
• letter of comfort
• like-coloured
• like-complexioned
• like-sounding
• limp-wristed
• LMAO
• LMFAO
• LO
• long axis
• long barrow
• long black
• long corner
• long iron
• long lens
• long lie
• long moment
• long press
• long runner
• Long Term Evolution
• long track
• long underwear
• long vehicle
• long waist
• long-abandoned
• long-accepted
• long-anticipated
• long-bladed
• long-burning
• long-cherished
• long-cooked
• long-defunct
• long-discredited
• long-dormant
• long-sightedly
• long-extinct
• long-fingered
• long-footed potoroo
• long-form
• long-hidden
• long-horned owl
• long-ignored
• longirostrine
• longitude clock
• longitudinal axis
• long-legged spider
• long-neglected
• long-nose pliers
• long-nosed bat
• long-nosed pliers
• long-nosed potoroo
• long-nosed skate
• long-planned
• long-podded
• long-priced
• long-promised
• long-serving
• longshore drift
• long-simmering
• long-sought-after
• long-spined sea urchin
• long-stalled
• long-tail blue
• long-tailed macaque
• long-vanished
• long-waited-for
• long-wheelbase
• long-whiskered
• Lord Lyon
• Lord Lyon King of (<r>also</r> at) arms
• Lord Mayor’s Banquet
• Lord of Erection
• Lord of the Isles
• loss adjuster
• ltr
• paddy-straw mushroom
• pantropical spotted dolphin
• scouring pad
• secret shopper
• set menu
• shock and awe
• short tennis
• shortboard
• shortboard
• shortboarder
• shortboarding
• shot on goal
• sick note
• silver nitrate
• singer-songwriter
• size queen
• skill set
• SLES
• slotted spoon
• SLS
• SMH
• snow globe
• sodium dodecyl sulphate
• sodium laureth sulphate
• sodium lauryl sulphate
• solar eclipse
• solar farm
• soy milk
• speed dial
• speed dialling
• speed-dial
• speed-dial button
• speed-dial function
• splash pad
• splash park
• spoacher
• spot card
• spot colour
• spot fire
• spot inspection
• spot metering
• spot month
• spot prize
• spot remover
• spot starter
• spotted dolphin
• spotted hemlock
• spotted knapweed
• spotted laurel
• spotted orchid
• spotted pardalote
• spotted sea trout
• spousal rape
• spray tan
• spread chord
• spread collar
• spread formation
• spread spectrum
• spreader dam
• stag do
• stag weekend
• star drill
• star jasmine
• star jump
• star magnolia
• star press
• star prize
• star projector
• star quilt
• star rating
• star sight
• star stitch
• star tortoise
• star trail
• starbase
• starbirth
• starboard watch
• starch content
• starch molecule
• starch wheat
• starch-based
• starch-containing
• starch-rich
• stardrive
• staring contest
• staring-stock
• star-making
• star-mapper
• starn-chamber
• starspot
• start cold
• start date
• starter back
• starter culture
• starter marriage
• starter up
• starting box
• starting stalls
• starting torque
• straw mushroom
• stress test
• stress testing
• stress-test
• suicide net
• SYS
• TBH
• thousand-mile stare
• thousand-yard stare
• thread vein
• tl;dr
• to answer up
• to bottom out
• to start off
• to start on ——
• to start out
• to start up
• to take the chequered flag
• top note
• top surgery
• trafficky
• travel card
• treemap
• trout pout
• TTYL
• vampire squid
• varsity jacket
• vena comes
• vena comitans
• VoIP
• wake-up call
• washing liquid
• wave farm
• wedding planner
• wedding tackle
• wheels of steel
• wife sale
• wild swimming
• wow factor
• Yazidism

New senses

• bark, n.1
• bo, adj. (and pron.)
• break, v.
• breaking, adj.
• candy, n.1
• chop, n.1
• core, n.1
• craft, n.
• dead, adj., n., and adv.
• dig, v.
• dust, n.1
• emission, n.
• futurism, n.
• gilet, n.
• goldilocks, n.
• gulper, n.
• hang, v.
• help, n.
• hike, n.
• hike, v.
• holy, adj. and n.
• implicit, adj.
• lipstick, n.
• sharp, adj. and n.1
• shoot, v.
• sister, n.
• sleep, v.
• snap-back, n.
• stracciatella, n.
• stressy, adj.
• tackle, n.
• top, n.1
• trick, n.
• turd, n.
• wearable, adj. and n.
• wearable, adj. and n.
• wraparound, n. and adj.