Comments on: new words http://lailalalami.com/2003/new-words/ Author of Secret Son and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:34:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: dud http://lailalalami.com/2003/new-words/#comment-436 dud Mon, 07 Jul 2003 12:34:25 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/new-words/#comment-436 ...and here's the UK equivalent. The Oxford English online has just opened its doors to twocker*,loungecore,hantavirus and wonderbra. Among others. <a href="http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm" rel="nofollow">http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm</a> How long does a new word have to be embedded in the language before it merits a dictionary entry? Or is it down to quantity,the number of citations? Is Webster's a bit more cautious than the OED? Anyone know about this stuff? *A twocker is one who Takes WithOut Consent(your car,for example). …and here’s the UK equivalent. The Oxford English online has just opened its doors to twocker*,loungecore,hantavirus and wonderbra. Among others.

http://dictionary.oed.com/public/help/Dict/Quarterly/0303.htm

How long does a new word have to be embedded in the language before it merits a dictionary entry? Or is it down to quantity,the number of citations? Is Webster’s a bit more cautious than the OED?

Anyone know about this stuff?

*A twocker is one who Takes WithOut Consent(your car,for example).

]]> By: dud http://lailalalami.com/2003/new-words/#comment-435 dud Fri, 04 Jul 2003 14:03:23 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/2003/new-words/#comment-435 '..you're much too very very / to ever be in Mr Webster's dictionary' Webster's can't be as hot as Cole Porter thought it was if they've got 'comb-over' down as a neologism. It's a good few decades old surely? Maybe someone more web-literate than me can post a 60s image of soccer star Bobby Charlton who was the styles proudest exponent? ( On windy days it'd detach itself and he'd accelerate down the pitch with a foot-long skein of hair fluttering like a banner behind him.) ‘..you’re much too very very / to ever be in Mr Webster’s dictionary’

Webster’s can’t be as hot as Cole Porter thought it was if they’ve got ‘comb-over’ down as a neologism. It’s a good few decades old surely?
Maybe someone more web-literate than me can post a 60s image of soccer star Bobby Charlton who was the styles proudest exponent? ( On windy days it’d detach itself and he’d accelerate down the pitch with a foot-long skein of hair fluttering like a banner behind him.)

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