How Do Words Get Into A Dictionary?

I subscribe to the Oxford Dictionary Pro but their free online edition of the Oxford Dictionary is good, too.

Naturally, the dictionary is managed by the University of Oxford—“It is the oldest university in the English-speaking world, and the second-oldest surviving university in the world.”

Oxford actually has 58 different services you can subscribe to…

But back to the topic in the title—How Do Words Get Into A Dictionary?

The month of February ( 2013 ) saw these new entries in the Oxford Dictionary:

The words are links to the Oxford Definitions…

appletini
Baggy Green
biosimilar
blootered
braggadocious
burrata
cane corso
cruft
dumbphone
feature-complete
flexitarian
FOSS
friend zone
hump day
metabolic syndrome
omnium
range anxiety
schlumpy
sillage
social sharing
SSD
touchless
tray bake
tweetable
upcharge
voluntourism

So, how many of those entries did you already know?

Did you take any of the links to check out Oxford’s definitions?

So…

Here’s how the Oxford chooses new words—I’m sure other dictionaries follow similar procedures :-)
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