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The Oxford English Dictionary didn't offer it as an acceptable version until relatively recently.

Correct English; LETTERS

has made it into the hallowed pages of the Oxford English Dictionary.

PHWOAR! WHAT A COMEBACK; Carry On Sid's favourite word is in ...

After working through four and a half letters in 10 years, staff at the Oxford English Dictionary Online are to focus on "urgent" examples of transformed terms such as "computer", "genetic" and "gay".

Dictionary in race to record word changes

Byline: Gavin O'Connor The word is defined in The English Dialect Dictionary as "to snarl as a dog, to look savage, to distort the countenance," while the Oxford English Dictionary suggests the derivation may originally be Scottish, related to "grin".

What is gurning?

OED unveils new words WIKI, ta-da and irritainment are among new words just added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

News in brief

com A U3 enabled flash memory drive pre-loaded with a digital version of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary is being launched by Clever-Stuff Limited, a digital consumer products company, and the Oxford University Press.

Clever-Stuff launches U3 enabled drive with Concise Oxford English ...

It turns out we are the first cited source for the term "plumber's crack" in the recently updated online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Book Buzz; Seattle Times ''cracks'' OED

A new common words section in the latest revised Oxford English dictionary puts "time" at the top of the list of most common nouns.

Time obsession in common noun list