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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3

John Simpson editor Michael Proffitt editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:24th Jul '97

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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 3 cover

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). Subjects 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). Please note, this volume is printed with a board cover, and does not include a dust jacket.

ISBN: 9780198600275

Dimensions: 242mm x 166mm x 26mm

Weight: 722g

424 pages