The Oxford Dictionary of New Words

Synopsis of The Oxford Dictionary of New Words

«The Oxford Dictionary of New Words» is the dictionary of new English words by Sara Tulloch, Elizabeth Knowles and Julia Elliott, in hardcover.

Collects more than 2,000 English words and expressions that gained prominence in the 1980s and 1990s. Each entry explains its meaning, documents its origin and first recorded use, and includes quotations from the press, books or the Internet. Thematic icons indicate the area of use: computing, business, politics, sports, leisure and popular culture.

Second revised edition, published in 1997 by Oxford University Press. The work consists of 368 pages.

Intended for anyone interested in language and its evolution, and useful for journalists and writers who need to document recent neologisms.