What is the newest word in the Oxford dictionary?

The OED publishes four updates a year. The next update will be added to the dictionary in September 2020. More than 400 new words, senses, and sub-entries have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in our latest update, including banana bread, LOL, plant-based, and arr.

What new words were added to the Oxford dictionary in 2019?

Whatevs, simples, chillax, sumfin and Jafaican have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. They are among 203 new words which appear in the dictionary for the very first time. Other words which are part of the October 2019 update include Jedi, nomophobia and easy-breezy.

What is the word of the year 2021?

vaccine
Merriam Webster has chosen ‘vaccine’ as the word of the year for 2021. The word ‘vaccine’ was chosen as the word of the year by Merriam Webster, while the dictionary also stated that interest in the word has been high ever since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

What are new words for 2020?

10 new English words you should know in 2020

  • Stan. Meaning: An extremely excessively enthusiastic and devoted fan (stalker-fan).
  • Nomophobia. Meaning: Fear or worry at the idea of being without your phone or unable to use it.
  • Peoplekind.
  • Bottle episode.
  • Carbon sink.
  • Buzzy.
  • Sober-curious.
  • Permaculture.

What are some new words added to the Dictionary?

New words get added to the dictionary every year, often long after they’ve become part of our daily lexicon. But some dictionaries are trying to stay more on top of modern usage and slang than ever. This year, Dictionary.com broke its own record with 15,000 updates to existing entries and 650 new words added to keep up with the rapid pace of 2020.

What is the Oxford learners dictionary?

The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, previously entitled the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, started life as the Idiomatic and Syntactic Dictionary, edited by Albert Sydney Hornby. It was first published in Japan in 1942.

Is Yeet in the Oxford Dictionary?

informal. Expressing a strong emotional reaction, often for humorous effect. More example sentences. ‘It’s finally Friday. Yeet!’. ‘I have a full blown anxiety attack now, yeet’. ‘Don’t forget to yell “YEET!” into your microphone before you do so.’. ‘A teammate met his call with a jubilant “yeet” from somewhere across the room.’.

What is the latest Oxford Dictionary edition?

The Second Edition added over 3,000 new words, senses and phrases drawn from the Oxford English Corpus. The New Oxford American Dictionary is the American version of the Oxford Dictionary of English, with substantial editing and uses a diacritical respelling scheme rather than the IPA system.