On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:16:45 -0400, . . .winston wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:05:22 -0400, ". . .winston"
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 15:18:28 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:52:36 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

Thanks, I thought it was a slang term and wouldn't be in the
dictionary.

Every (American English) dictionary I have includes slang.


But this is British, not American. g

Yes, dictionaries include some slang, but *many* slang terms are not
in them.



I'm too lazy to look in my OED (it's far away and heavy!).



You made me look it up in *my* OED. Yes, it's there.

I use the OED app. Lot faster than opening a book and paging through to Q.


Do you pay the $295 a year subscription cost?

That is the price for the online version that includes monthly updates
and other subscriber benefits.

Apps are much cheaper.

While nothing app related compares to the online or print (which is
equivalent to the 20 volume OED, 600,000 word, 21,000+ pages) the best
OED app is for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and called 'Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary' based on the same 20 volume 600K words, less
unnecessary content and obscure quotations - currently $30.

The Windows 8 app version (40% less words) is called the 'Concise Oxford
English Dictionary' and costs $10.

All app costs are one time cost, not recurring.

Not sure about the Win8 version but a updates have been available for
the iOS version (adding new words and content) for a limited period..the
last was in 2013 ($2) and prior to the current app version release.

There is even a free version app for iOS called the OED Search (think
cloud version) that doesn't store local content but searches the online
but is limited to about 240K words.

Like many, I had the paper version for years (picked up cheaply at an
Estate sale)...the local library was more than happy to accept it as a
donation and help me de-clutter my home.

Iirc, the print edition will soon be entirely discontinued.

Several Oxford dictionary apps are show up at the Android store (Google
Play) as well.

I don't know whether they are equivalent to the iOS ones you cited, but
I would expect so.

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)