OED adds new words for March 2014

New words added to Oxford English Dictionary include include bestie, beatboxer and some that are too rude for us to print in full
Other new additions to the latest quarterly update of the OED include Old Etonian, bathroom break, honk, DIY-er, crap-shoot, scissor-kick, chugger, bookaholic and e-ticket.
More than 900 new words, phrases and senses have entered the Oxford English Dictionary in this update.
Our picture shows beatboxer Biz Markie.

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