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  Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series Volumes 1, 2, & 3 These are three printed additions to the 20 Volume Oxford English Dictionary. They are included in the OED on CD version 3.
Vol. 1 was printed in 1994 352 pages
Vol. 2 was printed in 1994, 384 pages
Vol. 3 was printed in 1997, 424 pages
From the Publisher:
Volume 3 contains 3,000 new words and meanings from around the English-speaking world, including the UK (Citizen's Charter), North America (affluential, Clintonomics), Australia (beardie), and the West Indies (zouk).
A wide variety of subjects is covered, including the sciences (buckyball, nanotechnology, Tourette syndrome), finance (junk bond, negative equity), literary theory (metafiction), computing (freeware, core dump), and sport (basho, lowball).
"These volumes reflect not only the richness and diversity of the English language, but also its continually evolving nature. All libraries that purchased the OED2 will want to supplement it with this series."--Reference Books Bulletin.
From Quorn to bully pulpit - 3,000 new words and phrases
Michael Proffitt is an Associate Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary 2/e.
Order now prices will be going up 1 May.
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