Oxford English Dictionary adds new words including sciency, Old Etonian, and c***y

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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has included more than 900 new additions in their latest edition for March 2014, including some words that are towards the blue end of the spectrum.

The OED, which published its first edition in 1928, has been making quarterly updates since 2000, with the dictionary looking to maintain a definitive catalogue of the changing English lexicon as the language evolves ever more rapidly with technological progress and globalisation.

This quarter’s “blue edition” additions include a number of variations around the four-letter swear word “c**t”, with “c***ed”, “c***ing”, “c***ish”, and “c***y” all now in the dictionary, along with “c*** lapper”, “c***-bitten”, and “c***-sucker”.

On a less rude note, a number of variations around the word “science” were also included such as sciency, scientifical method, scientificness, Scientological, and scientometrics.

“Old Etonian” was also added to the dictionary as a reflection of the current Westminster government that is dominated by politicians who went to the elite public school – a fact that Education Secretary Michael Gove recently described as “ridiculous”.

A full list of the new additions can be found on the OECD website.