In a recent article in the New York Review of Books "The Information Palace", James Glieck writes about how the entry for the word "information" in the venerable Oxford English Dictionary has been overhauled. He notes that the definition of the noun "I… more »

big whoop, hot swap, jasm, subprime, wantaway, cookie cutter and more... Here are some "new words" that the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has released in the last few months. The OED, published by Oxford University Press is widely acknowledged… more »