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We are pleased to announce that the latest quarterly update to OED Online is now
available at www.oed.com.

EXPLORE OVER 2000 NEW AND REVISED WORDS...
The latest alphabetical range to be revised is PERFECT-PHILANDERING. Find out the latest
definitions and quotations for everything from PETROLHEAD (an Australian car enthusiast)
to PFEFFERNUSS (a cookie typically eaten at Christmas) and from PERMATEMP (someone
employed on a temporary basis but on an indefinite or long term contract) to PGP (an
encryption program).

Please see http://dictionary.oed.com/help/updates/perfect-philandering.html for a full
list of new and revised words in this range.

NEW ISSUE OF OED NEWS...
The December issue of OED News is now available at
http://dictionary.oed.com/newsletters/2005-12/ and can be downloaded as a PDF file. Read
about the changing ways in which women have contributed to the creation and content of
the OED, and find out how our brand new editorial system will help the editors to speed
up the revision and updating of the OED. The newsletter also includes a list of words
for which the latest research has revealed an earlier origin - such as PHARMACIST (1721),
PERFORATING (1578) and PETRIFIER (1794). ADD OED ONLINE TO YOUR BROWSER...
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