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ODO quarterly update November 2011

Slactivism, dadrock, and bibimbap: ODO quarterly update November 2011

This year’s momentous events have had an impact on the new additions to our online dictionary. Arab Spring, describing the series of anti-government uprisings in various countries in North Africa and the Middle East, is now included, as well as phone hacking, the scandal which caused a storm in the UK that reverberated all the [...]

Posted on: December 2 2011 | Comments: 1 | Categories: Dictionaries and lexicography, Word trends and new words | Tags: , , , , ,

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