'Cryptocurrency' Officially Added to Oxford Dictionary Online
Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO) has officially added the word 'cryptocurrency' to its database. The decision was made as part of a quarterly update this May that also included the words 'bikeable', 'snacky' and 'time suck'. The announcement follows the August 2013 update that saw 'bitcoin' added to the respected resource. At the time, the ODO told CoinDesk that bitcoin was added due to its significant presence online and in the mainstream media. The ODO's addition of 'cryptocurrency' indicates that the organisation views it as a recent term that has emerged to become "significant or....
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Two years after adding the term 'bitcoin' to its dictionaries, Oxford University Press added new definitions for related words "blockchain" and "miner". The online language resource (oxforddictionaries.com) highlighted its latest additions in a blog post, which also featured a list that including "hangry", "butt-dial", "Redditor", "rage-quit" and "bants", among others. OxfordDictionaries.com is distinct from the Oxford English Dictionary. The former "focuses on the current language and practical usage" while the latter is aimed at portraying "how words and meanings have changed over time",....
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