Oxford English Dictionary Includes New Words... | Gather

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Oxford English Dictionary Includes New Words... | Gather: oncise Oxford English Dictionary has over 400 new words with bound editions with technology and social online terms leading the way. Catering to our ever evolving planet, the heavily featured words show our progress on earth as well as our evolving in life. Some of the additions to the dictionary have strong indications of the changing times of our culture. Words like "cyberbullying" and "retweet" weren't even remotely thought of, like they are today.

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