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2011-11-22 18:01:00

Squeezed middle: the section of society regarded as particularly affected by inflation, wage freezes, and cuts in public spending during a time of economic difficulty, consisting

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2011-03-26 08:35:00

The Oxford English Dictionary has added a new list of words and expressions.

2007-03-16 09:00:17

WIKI, ta-da and irritainment are among the new wor

2006-08-19 00:00:13

Revelations that Google has been sending letters to media groups requesting they stop using 'googling' as a generic term for web browsing have not intimidated the good folk at the OED.

2005-06-20 18:00:11

LONDON - British potato farmers demonstrated outside Parliament on Monday to publicize their bid to remove the term "couch potato" from the Oxford English Dictionary, arguing that the description of slothful TV addicts harms the vegetable's image.

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