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Article: Benjamin, Supersize, Jihadist, and Spyware Are Among the Latest Additions to The Oxford English Dictionary.
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- December 14, 2004
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- When the members of the Philological Society of London began the project they called A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles in 1857, they appealed to the English-speaking public for help in identifying the earliest usage of new words. Today that book is known as the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, and Oxford lexicographers continue to cite new usage from a variety of sources-including rap songs by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, McDonald's commercials, and Rolling Stone. On December 9, 2004 a new sense of the noun "Benjamin" became one of more than 2,000 new and revised entries that were added to the online edition of The Oxford ...
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