Acknowledgments

The OED would like to thank everyone who joined the second Wordhunt. Thanks to your efforts we have now updated even more OED entries! Of the thousands of you who contacted us, we would particularly like to thank and congratulate the following people who managed to track down that all-important datable evidence:

Wordhunt Wall of Fame

bananas

• Dennis Kitchen
• Fred Shapiro

Bloody Mary

• Paul Dowling
• D. Driscoll
• Dennis Drury
• Gareth Glyn
• Tony Kent
• Gary Martin
• Barry Popik
• Fred Shapiro
• Paul Slade
• Paul Terry
• Debbie Whyte
• Dale Williams

bollocks

• Marcus (Biker)
• Stewart Milton
• Ian Lamont

bonkers

• M.J. Pitt

daft/mad as a brush

• Andrew Murphy
• Bryn Parry

dogger

• Kev

dogging

• Robert Gibbs

dog's bollocks

• Peter Brewis

domestic

• Sartah Welch

duh brain

• Andrew Dickens

flip-flop

• Dot Folwell
• Peter James

glamour

• Pamela Green

Glasgow kiss

• Martin Pitt
• Antony Schipani

Gordon Bennett

• Chris Abbey
• Gary Bainbridge
• James Buckley
• Sean Cee
• Denise Clarke
• Geoff Collier
Janel Duffy
• Trish Dunton
• Jo Edkins
• David Fisher
• Darryl Francis
• Christopher Goulding
• Jonathon Green
• V.L. Joy
• Martin Joss
• David Long
• Gary Martin
• Steve Musgrave
• John Purser
• Tim Searle
• Bob Sterritt
• Tim Toman
• Towse
• Roger Watson

hoodie

• David Malone

identity theft

• Tegan Artho-Bentz
• John Baker
• Fred Shapiro

Jack the lad

• Marc Arsenault
• Steven Brooks
• Andy Corrigan
• Wendi Dunlap
• Thomas Dyton
• Ray Gillies-Jones
• John Hall
• Martin Hanson
• Bob Hedger
• Charles Holland
• Steve Hunter
• Chris Maume
• Mark Murton
• Andy Northall
• John Norris
• John Ounsted
• Jonathan Paterson
• Alex Rayner
• David Rothon
• Robert Stevens
• Doug Thompson
• Ian Toll
• Chris Wiegand
• Chris Williams
• Steve Youd

loo

• Margaret Crane

marital aid

• Fred Shapiro
• Gary Martin
• Simon Tomsett

mucky pup

• Colin Adams
• Tony Azu-Popow
• Paul Barber
• Ruth Blaug
• K. Bradley
• Geoff Cunnington
• Steve Dixon
• Adam Fanthorpe
• Neil Fay
• Adrian Fleming
• David Harris
• David Kemp
• Matt Russell
• Wayne Sammut
• Chris Shelley

one sandwich short

• Sam Knipe
• Fred Shapiro

plonker

• Dave Hickman

pole dance

• Stephen Bond

prat

• Jonathon Green
• Richard Taberner
• Andrew Walker

regime change

• Kirsten Walstedt
• Tegan Artho-Bentz

shaggy dog story

• Nadga Guggi
• Fred Shapiro
• Valerie Stewart

shell-suit

• Fred Shapiro

sick puppy

• Tegan Artho-Bentz
• Kirsten Walstedt

spiv

• Jonathon Green
• Antony Schipani

stiletto

• Kate Carter
• Darren Galpin

trainer

• Adrian Redfern
• Ben Shuttleworth

twoc

• Philip Creed
• Retired policeman who will remain anonymous but you know who you are

wazzock

• Geoff Evans
• Nigel Kynaston
• Peter R. Taylor

wolf whistle

• Barbara Gribling
• Fred Shapiro