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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com sarvodaya • noun [mass noun] Indian the economic and social development of a community as a whole, especially as advocated by Mahatma Gandhi. — origin Sanskrit, from sarva ‘all’ + udaya ‘prosperity’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com arcology • noun (pl. arcologies) an ideal integrated city contained within a massive vertical structure, allowing maximum conservation of the surrounding environment. — origin 1969: blend of architecture and ecology. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com ital • noun [mass noun] (in Rastafarian culture) organically grown vegetarian food, cooked without salt. — origin from I (used by Rastafarians to signify value) + vital or vittle. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com supercargo • noun (pl. supercargoes or supercargos) a representative of the ship's owner on board a merchant ship, responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale. — origin late 17th cent.: alteration of earlier supracargo, from Spanish sobrecargo, from sobre ‘over’ + cargo ‘cargo’. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com guayabera • noun a lightweight open-necked Cuban or Mexican shirt with two breast pockets and two pockets over the hips, typically having short sleeves and worn untucked. — origin 1970s: Cuban Spanish, apparently originally from the name of the Yayabo river, influenced by Spanish guayaba ‘guava’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com obbligato • noun (pl. obbligatos or obbligati) [usu. with or as modifier] an instrumental part, typically distinctive in effect, which is integral to a piece of music and should not be omitted in performance. — origin Italian, literally ‘obligatory’, from Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare (see oblige). Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com broker-dealer • noun (in the UK) a person combining the former functions of a broker and jobber on the Stock Exchange. — usage Now the official term on the UK Stock Exchange, replacing broker in 1986. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com mosasaur • noun a large fossil marine reptile of the late Cretaceous period, with large toothed jaws, paddle-like limbs, and a long flattened tail, related to the monitor lizards. Family Mosasauridae, suborder Lacertilia: several genera, including Mosasaurus. — origin mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Mosasaurus, from Latin Mosa, ‘Meuse’ (the river near which it was first discovered) + Greek sauros ‘lizard’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com croque-monsieur • noun a fried or grilled cheese and ham sandwich. — origin French, literally ‘bite (a) man’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com kudos • noun [mass noun] praise and honour received for an achievement. — origin late 18th cent.: Greek. — usage Kudos comes from Greek and means ‘praise’. Despite appearances, it is not a plural form. This means that there is no singular form kudo and that the use of kudos as a plural, as in the following sentence, is incorrect: he received many kudos for his work (correct use is he received much kudos for his work). Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com topo • noun (pl. topos) informal, chiefly N. Amer. a topographic map. • Climbing a diagram of a mountain with details of routes to the top marked on it. — origin 1970s: abbreviation of topographic (see topographical). Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com vicariance • noun [mass noun] Biology the geographical separation of a population, typically by a physical barrier such as a mountain range or river, resulting in a pair of closely related species. — origin 1950s: from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’ + -ance. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com fumarole • noun an opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulphurous gases emerge. — derivatives fumarolic adjective. — origin early 19th cent.: from obsolete Italian fumaruolo, from late Latin fumariolum ‘vent, hole for smoke’, a diminutive based on Latin fumus ‘smoke’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com colcannon • noun [mass noun] an Irish and Scottish dish of cabbage and potatoes boiled and mashed together. — origin late 18th cent.: from cole; the origin of the second element is uncertain but it is said that cannonballs were used to mash such vegetables as spinach. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com brumby • noun (pl. brumbies) (in Australia) a wild or unbroken horse. — origin late 19th cent.: of unknown origin. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com peri • noun (pl. peris) (in Persian mythology) a mythical superhuman being, originally represented as evil but subsequently as a good or graceful genie or fairy. — origin from Persian peri. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com ultrasaurus • noun a late Jurassic dinosaur related to brachiosaurus, known from only a few bones but probably the tallest ever animal, and possibly the heaviest at up to 130 tons. Genus Ultrasaurus, infraorder Sauropoda, order Saurischia. — origin modern Latin, from Latin ultra ‘beyond’ + Greek sauros ‘lizard’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com halite • noun [mass noun] sodium chloride as a mineral, typically occurring as colourless cubic crystals; rock salt. — origin mid 19th cent.: from Greek hals ‘salt’ + -ite. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com kalamkari • noun [mass noun] a type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India. — origin from Hindi kalamkari, literally ‘painting’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com polygene • noun Genetics a gene whose individual effect on a phenotype is too small to be observed, but which can act together with others to produce observable variation. — origin 1940s: back-formation from polygenic. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com thurifer • noun an acolyte carrying a censer in a religious ceremony. — origin mid 19th cent.: from late Latin, from Latin thus, thur- ‘incense’ (from Greek thuos ‘sacrifice’) + -fer ‘-bearing’. Pronunciation available online: www.askoxford.com Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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Word of the Day from AskOxford: www.askoxford.com kho-kho • noun [mass noun] an Indian game of tag played with two teams of twelve people. — origin from Marathi kho-kho. Source: Oxford Dictionary of English www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198610571 Useful links from around OUP Don't miss the OED special offer - offer runs until Jan 31st 2009 Do you have a question about the English that you would like answered by language expert Susie Dent in her new book? Send in your question by March 15th and some lucky contributors will see their question answered in print. Click here to submit your question Find out about OUP's Online Products: www.oup.com/online Sign up for Words of the Day in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, or Chinese at www.oxfordlanguagedictionaries.com - now with audio! Special offer disgo and busbi USB keys - preloaded with a 30 day trial of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: www.clever-stuff.ie We hope you have enjoyed your word of the day. However, if you wish to be removed from the mailing list please visit: www.askoxford.com/contactus/email Copyright © Oxford University Press 2008

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