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"If a Welsh person advises you to wrap up warm because it's nobbling, then they are letting you know that it's very cold outside," said the OED.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
Other Philippine additions include what the OED calls "idiosyncratic uses of existing English words", such as terror, sometimes used to describe a teacher who is strict, harsh, or demanding.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
“The space could be replicated in other locations,” said Erika Lindsay, OED communications director.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
James Miles, OED creative economy manager, hopes the building will “contribute to the larger creative sector, and help keep creatives employed.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
There is no word in classical Greek or Latin for a fact, and no way of translating the sentences above from the OED into these languages.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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