The Oxford dictionary of new words

The outer archives are busy

by Elizabeth Knowles, Julia Elliot, Julia Elliott

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Each entry explains the meaning of the world, and is illustrated by quotations mainly from newspapers, magazines and popular fiction. It gives the date of the earliest recorded usage, and describes how the word entered the language.

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