Comments | sineala: Slash is in the dictionary!

sineala

Slash is in the dictionary!

Nov 24, 2003 02:49

It's in the OED! Wheee!

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Comments 12

maubast November 24 2003, 05:24:10 UTC

Cool!

sineala November 24 2003, 10:00:49 UTC

Yep. :)

eruthros November 24 2003, 05:54:19 UTC

Don't you feel legitimized now? *g*

sineala November 24 2003, 10:00:15 UTC

Actually, yes.

simplelyric November 24 2003, 17:51:26 UTC

Greatness. *g*

sineala November 24 2003, 22:27:50 UTC

Quite. And, hey, nice icon there. Looks familiar. :)

simplelyric November 25 2003, 12:49:25 UTC

And, hey, nice icon there. Looks familiar. :)

Hee. Yes. I'm glad she offered to share some from that group; they're lovely.

jenboo November 24 2003, 18:33:38 UTC

all I can say about that is 'Duuuude'. *g*

sineala November 24 2003, 22:28:11 UTC

Word.

undeadjournal November 24 2003, 21:47:28 UTC

Where does that come from? I mean, where does one get advance information about words about to be added to the OED?

sineala November 24 2003, 22:31:05 UTC

It actually came up as part of a search on oed.com. My university pays for online OED access, so I can search the dictionary online there. It gave me results for "slash" in the New Edition, I clicked, and voila. Also, I think I've seen some articles elsewhere about various modern words that have been added, so presumably they have some sort of press release too.

undeadjournal November 25 2003, 11:45:32 UTC

My university pays for online OED access, so I can search the dictionary online there.

How wonderful. I'm officially jealous.

And you're right, of course, they do put out press releases about new words, but it's always something boring and already-become-a-cliché like "cyberspace" that they feature.