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Oxford English dictionary additions seriesVol. 3

Proffitt, Michael(Edited by)Simpson, John(General editor)
Part of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series series
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Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (council tax, Estuary English), North America (affluential, bully pulpit, road-kill), the Caribbean (merino, zouk), Australia (amphometer, beardie), New Zealand (Labour weekend, mokopuna), India (garam masala), the Pacific (arjun), and South Africa (kalkoentjie, Malanite). ubjects covered include politics (linkage, Citizen's Charter), education (National Curriculum), cookery (ciabatta, Quorn), broadcasting (bi-media), literary criticism (post-structuralism), music (bhangra, swingbeat, techno), and sport (basho, clean and jerk, matchup).

This volume also features a higher number of entries in scientific fields, including medicine (lentivirus), genetics (antisense), ecology (biodiversity), astronomy (dark matter), chemistry (Orimulsion), and computing (freeware,cyberspace).

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Clarendon Press
0198600275 / 9780198600275
Hardback
423
24/07/1997
United Kingdom
English
xi, 351, 54p.
24 cm
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