Gilliver, Peter (2016), The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (hardcover), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-199-28362-0 The production of the new edition exploits computer technology, particularly since the inauguration in June 2005 of the "Perfect All-Singing All-Dancing Editorial and Notation Application", or "Pasadena". With this XML-based system, lexicographers can spend less effort on presentation issues such as the numbering of definitions. This system has also simplified the use of the quotations database, and enabled staff in New York to work directly on the dictionary in the same way as their Oxford-based counterparts. [65] A bold type combination has a significantly different meaning from the sum of its parts, for instance sauna-like is unlike an actual sauna. "Preface to the Second Edition: General explanations: Combinations". Oxford English Dictionary Online. 1989. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008 . Retrieved 16 May 2008. a b "Preface to the Second Edition: The history of the Oxford English Dictionary: A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, 1957–1986". Oxford English Dictionary Online. 1989. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008 . Retrieved 16 May 2008. Winchester, Simon (28 May 2011). "A Verb for Our Frantic Time". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 December 2013.

Thereupon Furnivall became editor; he was enthusiastic and knowledgeable, but temperamentally ill-suited for the work. [16] :110 Many volunteer readers eventually lost interest in the project, as Furnivall failed to keep them motivated. Furthermore, many of the slips were misplaced. The streets of Britain’s big cities were teeming with rogues and vagabonds in the 17th century, as least as far as BE – the forever unknown compiler who only ever revealed these initials – and his publisher would have us believe. Capitalising on this, BE’s dictionary gave the book-buying public their first chance to decode the frightening language of the “sturdy beggars” (beggars legally fit to work) or the homeless, shiftless soldiers returning from the European wars: famble-cheats (“Gold-rings, or Gloves”), member-mug (“a Chamber-pot”). Buy this and never be conned again! John Simpson was the first chief editor of the OED3. He retired in 2013 and was replaced by Michael Proffitt, who is the eighth chief editor of the dictionary. [64] Willen Brown, Stephanie (26 August 2007). "From Unregistered Words to OED3". CogSci Librarian . Retrieved 23 October 2007– via BlogSpot.Academic research: recordings of OED virtual talks and written OED case studies and articles showcasing academic research using the OED. In the 1870s, Furnivall unsuccessfully attempted to recruit both Henry Sweet and Henry Nicol to succeed him. He then approached James Murray, who accepted the post of editor. In the late 1870s, Furnivall and Murray met with several publishers about publishing the dictionary. In 1878, Oxford University Press agreed with Murray to proceed with the massive project; the agreement was formalized the following year. [16] :111–112 20 years after its conception, the dictionary project finally had a publisher. It would take another 50 years to complete.

New, Juliet (23 March 2000). " 'The world's greatest dictionary' goes online". Ariadne. ISSN 1361-3200. Archived from the original on 5 April 2007 . Retrieved 18 March 2007. Alastair Jamieson, Alastair (29 August 2010). "Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again' ". The Telegraph . Retrieved 11 August 2012. Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series. Vol.3. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-19-860027-5. a b Simpson, John (31 January 2011). "The Making of the OED, 3rd ed". YouTube (video) . Retrieved 7 June 2014.John Simpson, Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, to Retire". Oxford English Dictionary Online. 23 April 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017 . Retrieved 7 June 2014.

Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series. Vol.2. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-19-861299-5. The supplements and their integration into the second edition were a great improvement to the OED as a whole, but it was recognized that most of the entries were still fundamentally unaltered from the first edition. Much of the information in the dictionary published in 1989 was already decades out of date, though the supplements had made good progress towards incorporating new vocabulary. Yet many definitions contained disproven scientific theories, outdated historical information, and moral values that were no longer widely accepted. [48] [49] Furthermore, the supplements had failed to recognize many words in the existing volumes as obsolete by the time of the second edition's publication, meaning that thousands of words were marked as current despite no recent evidence of their use. [50] a b c d e f g h Mugglestone, Lynda (2005). Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10699-2.

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a b "Preface to the Second Edition: The history of the Oxford English Dictionary: The New Oxford English Dictionary project". Oxford English Dictionary Online. 1989. Archived from the original on 16 December 2003 . Retrieved 16 December 2003. Burchfield emphasized the inclusion of modern-day language and, through the supplement, the dictionary was expanded to include a wealth of new words from the burgeoning fields of science and technology, as well as popular culture and colloquial speech. Burchfield said that he broadened the scope to include developments of the language in English-speaking regions beyond the United Kingdom, including North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and the Caribbean. Burchfield also removed, for unknown reasons, many entries that had been added to the 1933 supplement. [33] In 2012, an analysis by lexicographer Sarah Ogilvie revealed that many of these entries were in fact foreign loanwords, despite Burchfield's claim that he included more such words. The proportion was estimated from a sample calculation to amount to 17% of the foreign loan words and words from regional forms of English. Some of these had only a single recorded usage, but many had multiple recorded citations, and it ran against what was thought to be the established OED editorial practice and a perception that he had opened up the dictionary to "World English". [34] [35] [36] Revised American edition [ edit ] To make mangoes of melons: Using the evolution of form and senses to understand historical cookbooks The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM Version 4.0 Windows/Mac Individual User Version". Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009 . Retrieved 26 December 2013.