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This year sees the 90th anniversary of the publication of the completed First Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Details of the ways in which this milestone will be celebrated will be shared soon.
March 2018 update
- What's new: More than 700 new words, phrases, and senses have entered the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, which sees the inclusion of cultural appropriation, trans*, and hippity-hoppity. Find out more >
- New article: Jonathan Dent, Senior Assistant Editor of the OED, investigates the formal language of sexuality and gender identity, exploring terms such as agender and intersexual.
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