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This seems to be the most up to date research on the subject since it appears in the OED online as posted in draft September 2004.

Ms. McPherson said the OED requires 'evidence of a word's usage over a 10-year period, before considering it for inclusion' in its editions.

The OED tells me that this word comes from ancient Greek where Nemesis was a goddess.

But despite its global reputation, the OED has never made a profit and continues to cost several million pounds a year in research.

It was pointed out in particular by John Simpson, the OED's Chief Editor as the first word he ever worked on when he joined the OED in 1976.

You can tell that this particular entry in the OED has not been updated too recently.

Wells predicted that the OED would be bursting with a quarter of a million words defined.

It means to do some sort of damage and the OED claims it's from Afro-American origins.

Well, to be truthful, none of my sources go down that path, so what's the OED telling me.

For each significant computerized system, it may be helpful to prepare or oed schematic drawing of the attendant hardware.

The OED is a little speculative in its etymology but it certainly has more information for goal than for many other words.

Though the "soaked bread" etymology appears in a few sources the OED simply says it's from Spanish.

I see that the entrys in the OED second and draft third edition are a little different.

The board of the OED decided they would throw a party for these hard working volunteers and give them a little thank you memento.

This was six years after the Philological Society of London got Oxford University started working on what eventually became the OED.

Compare that to the definition from the Oxford Dictionary of English. It says "suggesting something supernatural; unearthly. "

The source of the word dapper is "Flemish or another Low German dialect" according to the OED.

But since that time, as reported in an OED newsletter, the word has been found in a 19th century folklore journal.

As the watchdog organization, Gregory Ingram stresses OED's independence from Bank management.

The entry is one of several controversial phrases among 45, 436 new definitions in the latest online edition of the OED.

One is the OED version, another is heroin injection, which would make sense in connection with the book and the movie.

Love it or loathe it, "lol" is now a legitimate word in our lexicon, says Graeme Diamond, the OED's principal editor for new words.

The Oxford English Dictionary entry for flatter admits that its etymology is "doubtful" but suggests that flatter may be related to flat.

The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists.

A 2007 OED draft addition to the entry on anathema gives as the current definition "loathsome" and "repugnant. "

As with most French words mess actually goes back to Latin and the OED even takes it back further to Indo-European.

There were other areas of the world as well called the pale; the OED mentions Calais in northern France.

Still, the other etymological sources I checked seemed to agree with the OED.

The reason we think that something unusual is weird is because it had earlier meant "supernatural" as the Oxford Dictionary puts it.

The first citations in the Oxford English Dictionary for the entry for "goodbye" are from Shakespeare.

Although the OED is not a narrative, not scripture, not poetry, it is, nonetheless, transportive.

Perhaps the "rustic sport" the OED refers to was a running-race.

My 1973 OED describes "elite" (third sense) as "the choice part or flower (of society or any body of persons)" .

Ingram says the OED staff discuss project ratings with operational staff when there are differences, but have the final judgment on ratings.

Now, 150 years after the first idea, the OED is available at the touch of a computer key.

Except of course for the Oxford English Dictionary.

The OED, as a historical lexicon, keeps on growing.

OED says the answer to that question is "yes" for 73-74% of all Bank projects it reviewed over the year 2003.

I find in the Oxford English Dictionary that there are ten words pale spelled pale.

The OED's first citation for tremendous in the "extraordinarily great" sense is from the English poet Robert Southey.

The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED for short.

The OED is the final court of appeal in all matters concerning English words.

Ingram says OED also undertakes field inspections on 25% of all completed Bank projects.

Such is indeed the case with the OED Second Edition.

The OED has 33 different numbered definitions for set. Tiny little word, 33 numbered definitions.

This is the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in electronic form, on a CD-ROM disk 15 centimetres wide.

The OED online gives a first citation of gazpacho from 1845 and even gives a recipe.

Working closely with the government and local people, OED was able to learn about local life and needs, said Frank.

OED would then want to partner with governments and organisations in China to distribute the technology.

It is his work that is still reflected in the current OED entry.

OED's next step is to seek out and work with manufacturers in China to produce the SolSource, said Frank.

I should also say that what the OED calls "Modern German" . It is probably extracting from documents more than 100 years old.

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