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First published in 1911, and now in its ninth edition, The Concise Oxford Dictionary has become established as the foremost authority on current modem English. It describes the English language as it is written and spoken in its varied styles and international varieties.This new edition draws on the unparalleled language research continuously undertaken by Oxford University Press, led by the ongoing work on the great 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, and Oxford's unique collection of electronic data.
This new Ninth Edition presents the most up-to-date information about the real English of the modem world, including:
• New words and meanings, reflecting changes in contemporary culture and technological advance, including the following and hundreds of others: Balti, body wrap, Chechen, chill out, edutainment, Feynman diagram, heli-skiing, holiday village, infotainment, morphing, nip and tuck, patzer, post-traumatic stress disorder, ragga, road-_^ ¦ pricing, slaphead, slapper, superhighway, supermodel, videofit, wuss.
• Advice on disputed and variant spellings," e.g. supersede & supercede, minuscule & miniscule; hyphenation changes, e.g. buyout to buyout; loss of accents, e.g. elite, chateau; loss of apostrophe, e.g. Achilles heel; new forms, e.g. themself; loss of italics, e.g. frisson, and laissez-faire.
• Guidance on usage, such as points of grammar, style, and sensitive words, e.g. Aboriginals or Aborigines? Asian or Asiatic? What does 'beg the question' mean? Whether to use graffito or graffiti? Human or humanitarian? Shall or will? Can infinitives be split? Whoever or whomever? Vissza