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Topic: Oxford English Dictionary

Antiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary on Historical Principles edited by Sir James Murray, line shelves in the Lee Library of the British Academy, on 17th September 2017, at 10-12 Carlton House Terrace, in London, England. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

Before Wikipedia, there was the OED

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Closing the door on English in Iran

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New slang is old hat in OED

Paula Young Lee
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