‘Peoplekind’ and ‘puggle’: what’s new in the Oxford English Dictionary

New words include gender-neutral pronouns and terms for cannabis and cocktails

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The Oxford English Dictionary, widely regarded as the most important dictionary in the English language, added more than 650 words to its compilation this month.

According to OED senior assistant editor Jonathan Dent, “each new and revised entry has been painstakingly researched, and at no point have our editors simply mailed it in”.

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