New edition: pi-mesic to pleating

On 15 June 2006 the alphabetical range pi-mesic-pleating was added to the New Edition: every word in this range has been thoroughly revised and updated. Below are listed all the new words in the range.

• piminy, int.
• pimpler, n.
• pinacate, n.
• pinacoderm, n.
• Pinay, n.
• pinball, v.
• pincé, adj., v. and n.
• pincered, adj.
• pinch-run, v.
• pinch-running, n.
• pincushioning, n.
• pineappley, adj.
• pine-end, n.
• pinefully, adv.
• Piney, n.²
• pinguecule, n.
• pinhoen, n.
• pinhole, v.
• pinhook, v.
• pinhooking, n.
• pinked, adj.¹
• pinked, adj.³
• pink-eyeing, adj.
• pinking, adj.³
• pinkling, n.
• pinko-liberal, adj. and n.
• pink-slipped, adj.
• pinksome, adj.
• pink weed, n.²
• Pinnipedia, n.
• pinnold, n.
• pinocytize, v.
• Pinotage, n.
• pinous, adj.
• pinout, n.
• Pinoy, n. (and adj.)
• Pintsch, n.
• pioneer corps, n.
• Pionus, n.
• pipe n.³
• pipe drain, n.
• pipe drainage, n.
• pipe draining, n.
• pipe-dream, v.
• pipe-dreamed, adj.
• pipe fitting, n.
• pipe jack, n.
• pipejack, v.
• pipe-jacking, n.
• pipe-making, n.
• pipe-rack, adj.
• piperling, n.
• pipetter, n.
• pipettor, n.
• pipid, n. and adj.
• pipingly, adj.
• pipeless, adj.
• pipper, n.
• pipping, n.¹
• piqué, v.³
• pirk, n.
• piroplasma n.
• Piscis Australis, n.
• Piscis Austrinus, n.
• Piscis Volans, n.
• piscivore, n.
• Pisky, n. and adj.
• pismirism, n.
• pistilliform, adj.¹
• pistillum, n.
• pistolgraphy, n.
• pistolgraph, n.
• Pitaka, n.
• pitchbend, n.
• pitch-capping, n.
• pitchcock, n.
• pitchcocked, adj.
• pitchcocking, n.
• pitcher, v.
• pitch mark, n.²
• pitchwoman n.
• pithecine, adj. and n.
• pit house, n.
• pitless, adj.¹
• pitohui n.
• Pit River, adj. and n.
• pitta, n.³
• Pitta-Pitta, adj. and n.
• pitter, v.¹
• Pittsburgher, n.
• pivoter, n.
• pixelate v.
• pixelated, adj.
• pixelation, n.
• Pixelvision n.
• pixie dust, n.
• pixmap, n.
• pizza face, n.
• pizzaiolo, n.
• pizzelle, n.
• pizzetta, n.
• plaas, n.
• plaçage, n.²
• placating, n.
• placentally, adv.
• placodal, adj.
• Placoza, n.
• placozan, n. and adj.
• plagioclassic, n.
• plain tiling, n.
• plait, adj.
• Plan A, n.
• planate, adj.
• Plan B, n.
• planet-striking, n.
• Planet X, n.
• planigram, n.
• planktivore, n.
• planktivorous, adj.
• planktonologist, n.
• planograph, n.
• planograph, v.
• planometric, adj.
• Plantagenet, n. and adj.
• plantiquoy, n.
• planitgrady, n.
• plantswoman, n.
• planulation, n.
• plasmodesmal, adj.
• plasteel, n.
• plastic film, n.¹
• plastic film, n.<²/li>
• plastic wrap, n.
• plastinate, v.
• plastinated, adj.
• plastination n.
• plastinoid adj.
• platano, n.
• plateosaur, n.
• Plateosaurus, n.
• plat-eye, n.
• platinated, adj.
• Platonesque, adj.
• platoon player, n.
• Plato's cave, n.
• platted, adj.
• platting, n.²
• platy, n.
• platybasia, n.
• platygasterid, n. and adj.
• playboat, n.
• play date, n.
• Play-Doh, n.
• playlisting, n.¹
• playlisting, n.²
• playmaking n.
• play-play, adj.
• playscape, n.
• playset, n.
• playshop, n.
• playtest, n.
• playtest, v.
• playtesting, n.
• playtime, n.²
• playworker, n.
• plea-bargained, adj.
• pleadery, n.
• please, adv. and int.pleasure centre | pleasure center n.
• pleather, n. and adj.

In addition to these new entries, a number of new subordinate entries were added to existing entries. These include:

• (Under pin, n.¹)
  • pin high
  • pin key
• (Under Pin, n.⁴)
  • Pin code
• (Under pincer, n.)
  • pincerwise
• (Under pinched, adj.)
  • pinched tuck
• (Under pincushion, n.)
  • pin cushion cactus
  • pincushion doll
• (Under pinding, n.)
  • pindingfold
• (Under pine, n.¹)
  • pinequale
• (Under pine, n.²)
  • pine bunting
  • pine mushroom
  • pine shoot moth
  • pine squirrel
  • pine tar
  • pine vole
• (Under pineapple, n.)
  • pineapple grenade
  • pineapple lily
• (Under pine cone, n.)
  • pine cone fish
• (Under pine tree, n.)
  • pine tree coinage
• (Under ping pong, n.¹)
  • ping-pong match
  • ping-pong diplomacy
  • ping pong diplomat
• (Under pinhoen, n.)
  • pinhoen oil
• (Under pinig, n.)
  • pining tool
• (Under pining, adj.)
  • pining sickness
• (Under pink, n.⁵ and adj.²)
  • pink bean
  • pink-collar
  • pink curlew
  • pink-ear
  • pink-eared
  • pink-eared duck
  • pink fish
  • pink fir-apple
  • pink grapefruit
  • pink lemonade
  • pink poui
  • pink pound
  • pink sheet
• (Under pink-eyed, adj.²)
  • pink-eyed duck
• (Under Pinkster , n.)
  • Pinkster apple
• (Under pinn-, comb. form.)
  • pinnisected
• (Under pinning, n.¹)
  • pinning blanket
• (Under pinocytize, v.)
  • pinocytized
• (Under pinocytose, v.)
  • pinocytosed
• (Under piñon, n.)
  • piñon jay
• (Under pin-tailed, adj.)
  • pin-tailed duck
  • pin-tailed grouse
  • pin-tailed sandgrouse
• (Under pintle, n.)
  • pintle chain
  • pintle-monger
• (Under pinwheel, n. and adj.)
  • pinwheel escapement
• (Under pinyon, n.)
  • pinyon jay
• (Under pipe, n.¹)
  • pipe glove
  • pipe lock
  • pipe snake
  • Asian pipe snake
  • coral pipe snake
  • pipe tile
  • pipevine swallowtail
• (Under pipe, n.²)
  • pipe holt
• (Under pipe, v.¹)
  • to pipe up
• (Under pipejack, v.
  • pipejacked
• (Under piper, n.¹)
  • piper fish
  • piper gurnard
• (Under piping, adj.)
  • piping shrike
• (Under pipingly, adv.)
  • pipingly hot
• (Under pirate, n.)
  • Pirate Coast
• (Under pirling, adj.)
  • pirling wheel
• (Under pirrie, n.)
  • pirrie wind
• (Under pisang, n.)
  • pisang wax
• (Under piss, n.)
  • piss-flaps
• (Under piss, v.)
  • to piss about
  • to piss on
  • to piss on from a great height
  • piss on —
• (Under pissing, n.)
  • pissing contest
  • pissing match
• (Under pistachio , n. and adj.)
  • pistachio colour
• (Under pistacia, n.)
  • hazel-leaved pistacia
• (Under pistol, n.)
  • pistol crab
  • pistol shrimp
• (Under piston, n.)
  • piston core
  • piston sampler
• (Under pit, n.¹)
  • pit bing
  • pit boss
  • pit lane
• (Under pitch, n.¹)
  • pitch blackness
  • pitch naval
  • pitch-oil
• (Under pitch, n.²)
  • pitch count
  • pitch inspection
  • pitch invasion
  • pitch-perfect
  • pitch-shifter
• (Under pitch, v.²
  • to pitch for
  • to pitch out
  • to pitch up
• (Under pitcher, n.²)
  • pitchers' duel
  • pitchers' mound
• (Under pitching, n.¹)
  • pitching mound
• (Under pitchy, adj.)
  • pitchy cap
  • pitchy emplaster
• (Under pitfall, n.)
  • pitfall trap
• (Under pitta | pita, n.²)
  • pitta pocket
• (Under pity, n.)
  • pity party
• (Under pivot, n. and adj.)
  • pivot foot
• (Under pizza, n.)
  • pizza box
  • pizza stone
  • pizza wheel
• (Under place, n.¹)
  • place of strength
  • place bet
• (Under plain, n.¹)
  • plains bison
• (Under plain, adj.¹)
  • plain cookery
  • plain cooking
  • plain flour
  • plain knit
  • plainknitted
  • plain paper
  • plain scale
  • plain tripe
  • plain-vanilla
  • plain weaving
• (Under plaiting, n.)
  • plaiting-board
  • plaiting knife
• (Under plan, n.)
  • plan of attack
  • plan holder
  • plan manager
• (Under planch, n.)
  • planch shoe
• (Under planching, n.)
  • planching-board
• (Under Planck, n.)
  • Planck density
  • Planck energy
  • Planck length
  • Planck mass
  • Planck scale
  • Planck's quantun
  • Planck temperature
  • Planck time
• (Under planetary, adj. and n.)
  • planetary day
  • planetary gear
  • planetary wave
• (Under planned, adj.)
  • planned community
• (Under planning, n.)
  • planning gain
  • planning horizon
• (Under plano-, comb. form¹)
  • plano-spherical
• (Under planometric, adj.)
  • planometrically
• (Under plant, n.¹)
  • plant case
  • plant cot
  • plant hopper
  • plant stove
• (Under plantain, n.)
  • plantain flour
• (Under plantar, adj.)
  • plantar fasciitis
• (Under plantation, n.)
  • plantation mentality
• (Under plant louse, n.)
  • jumping plant louse
• (Under plasma, n.)
  • plasma expander
  • plasma substitute
  • plasma tail
  • plasma television
  • plasma TV
• (Under plaster, n.)
  • plaster room
  • plaster sick
• (Under plastic, n. and adj.)
  • plastic bag
  • plastic card
  • plastic lumber
  • plastic mac
• (Under plateau, n.¹ and adj.)
  • plateau green
• (Under platelet, n.)
  • platelet-activating factor
  • platelet-aggregating factor
  • platelet-derived growth factor
• (Under platform, n. and adj.)
  • platform bed
• (Under platini, comb. form)
  • platinichloric
  • platinichloric acid
  • platinichloride
• (Under platino, comb. form)
  • platinochloride
• (Under platinum, n. and adj.)
  • platinum card
  • platinum disc
  • platinum print
• (Under Platonical, adj.)
  • Platonical body
  • Platonical year
• (Under platy, n.)
  • platyfish
• (Under platysma, n.)
  • platysmal
• (Under plausible, adj. and n.)
  • plausible deniability
• (Under play, n.)
  • play-action pass
  • playcalling
  • playshield
• (Under play, v.)
  • to play for —
  • to play for sympathy
  • to play for time
  • to play for laughs
  • to play about
  • to play away
  • to play off
  • to play off sick
  • to play off on
  • to play out
  • to play out the string
  • to play up
• (Under playboat, n.)
  • playboater
  • playboating
• (Under player, n.¹)
  • player-hater
• (Under playing, n.)
  • playing partner
• (Under playing, adj.)
  • playing hand
• (Under pleasant, adj. and adv.)
  • Pleasant Sunday Afternoon
• (Under pleasure, n.)
  • pleasures of the flesh
• (Under pleat, n.)
  • pleat front

• Out-of-sequence new entries

  15 June 2006 also saw the publication of the following new entries from across the alphabet:

  • 401(k), n.
  • adware, n.
  • agri-, comb. form
  • air kiss, n.
  • amaretto, n.
  • Amarone, n.
  • anacronym, n.
  • andropause, n.
  • animateur, n.
  • anoraky, adj.
  • asylee, n.
  • autobiopic, n.
  • automagically, adv.
  • backlist, v.
  • backlisted, adj.
  • backlisting, n.
  • bad taste, n. and adj.
  • bashment, n.²
  • Biosteel, n.
  • bivvy, v.
  • body-surf, v.
  • body-surfing, n.
  • bouncebackability, n.
  • bourgie, adj. and n.
  • brewmaster, n.
  • Brillo, n.
  • broker, v.
  • Cadbury code, n.
  • calzone, n.
  • canyoning, n.
  • carpet muncher, n.
  • catfight, n.
  • chav, n.
  • chavvy, n.
  • cheesesteak, n.
  • chib, n.
  • chib, v.
  • chile mulato, n.
  • chip and PIN, n.
  • choanderm, n.
  • chowhound, n.
  • clocked, adj.
  • clocking, n.²
  • clocking, adj.²
  • close-caption, v.
  • close-captioning, n.
  • codec, n.
  • counterterrorism, n.
  • counterterrorism, adj. and n.
  • crunk, adj. and n.²
  • Cullen Skink, n.
  • cybrarian, n.
  • cybrary, n.
  • diddy adj.¹ and n.²
  • diddy, adj.²
  • digicam, n.
  • distractability, n.
  • distractable, adj.
  • doobrey, n.
  • dotcom, v.
  • dromaeosaur, n.
  • dromaeosaurid, adj.
  • DVD, n.
  • ecotoxic, adj.
  • ecotoxiicity, n.
  • Energizer bunny, n.
  • engine room, n.
  • euonym, n.
  • fakelore, n.
  • faux adj. (and adv.)
  • feel-bad, adj.
  • flat-share, n.
  • flat-sharer, n.
  • flat-sharing, n.
  • flightseeing, n.
  • focaccia, n.
  • freakazoid, n. and adj.
  • free energy, n.
  • fucking A, adj., adv., and int.
  • FYI, phr.,, adj., and n.
  • geno-, comb. form.
  • geocache, n.
  • geocaching, n.
  • Gibbs, n.
  • Google, v.²
  • go-to, adj.
  • grinch, n.
  • gut-buster, n.
  • gynocentric, adj.
  • gynocentrism, n.
  • hacktivism, n.
  • hacktivist, n.
  • Hall of shame n.
  • halloumi, n.
  • ho-bag, n.
  • Hold 'Em, n.
  • houseshare, n.
  • housesharer, n.
  • housesharing, n.
  • iconify, v.
  • infantilize, v.
  • inner sanctum, n.
  • irie, adj., (adv.), and int.
  • Italian-American, adj. and n.
  • J-cloth, n.
  • just war, n.
  • Kalamata, n.
  • keepy-up, n.
  • keepy-uppy, n.
  • limited-over, adj.
  • love-struck, adj.
  • Macarena, n.
  • Mackem, n.
  • mash-up, n.
  • mesohyl, n.
  • nadger, n.
  • nanobot, n.
  • off book, adv. and adj.
  • on book adv. and adj.
  • out of place, adv. and adj.
  • PG, adj.
  • reimagine, v.
  • resveratrol, n.
  • rewriteable, adj.
  • route one, n.
  • rug muncher, n.
  • screenable n.
  • self-storage, n.
  • semi-skimmed, adj. and n.
  • skatepunk, n.
  • soirée musicale, n.
  • Speedo, n.²
  • squoval, adj.
  • Stanley knife, n.
  • Subbeteo, n.
  • super-max, n. and adj.
  • super-maximum adj.
  • tee, n.⁵
  • texting, n.
  • text message, v.
  • Tripitaka, n.
  • uninstall, v.
  • usual suspects, n.
  • Utahraptor, n.
  • Velociraptor, n.
  • vert, n.³ and adj.³
  • vibe, v.
  • vice grip | vise grip, n.
  • voddy, n.
  • Walter Mitty, n.
  • Walter Mittyish, adj.
  • wazoo, n.
  • win-win, adj.
  • yada yada, int. and n.

  In addition to these new entries, the following out-of-sequence subordinate entries were added:

• (Under agro, comb. form)
  • agro-tourism
• (Under Arabian, adj. and n.)
  • Arabian cowrie
  • Arabian jasmine
  • Arabian oryx
• (Under area, n.)
  • area bishop
  • area dean
• (Under attachment, n.)
  • attachment disorder
  • attachment figure
  • attachment parenting
• (Under bar, n.¹)
  • bar band
• (Under barmy, adj.)
  • barmy army
• (Under biological, adj. and n.)
  • biological clock
• (Under bivouac, n.)
  • bivouac bag
  • bivouac sack
• (Under bivvy | bivy, n.)
  • bivvy bag
  • bivvy sack
• (Under blonde | blond, adj. and n.)
  • blonde moment
• (Under bullet, n.¹)
  • bullet point
• (Under candy, n.¹)
  • candy cane
• (Under Chinese, adj. and n.)
  • Chinese muntjac
  • Chinese muntjac deer
• (Under church, n.)
  • Church of the East
• (Under closing, adj.)
  • closing credits
• (Under contngency, n.)
  • contingency fee
• (Under contingent, adj. and n.)
  • contingent fee
• (Under continuity, n.)
  • continuity equation
• (Under covenant, n.)
  • covenant marriage
• (Under crock, n.¹)
  • crock pot
• (Under dirt, n.¹)
  • dirt bag
• (Under dirty, adj.)
  • dirty blonde
• (Under domestic, adj. and n.)
  • domestic partner
  • domestic partnership
  • domestic violence
• (Under door, n.)
  • door prize
• (Under dust, n.¹)
  • dust bunny
• (Under E, n.)
  • EBT
• (Under ear, n.¹)
  • ear candle
  • ear candling
• (Under early, adj. and n.)
  • early bird
• (Under eighteen, adj. and n.)
  • eighteen-wheeler
• (Under electronic, adj.)
  • electronic benefits transfer
• (Under elliptical, adj.)
  • elliptical trainer
  • elliptical machine
• (Under F, n.)
  • fMRI
• (Under fall, v.)
  • to fall apart
• (Under feather, n.)
  • feather-cut
• (Under file, n.²)
  • file space
• (Under frame, n.)
  • frameshift
  • frameshift mutation
  • frameshifting
  • ribosomal frameshifting
• (Under free, adj., n., and adv.)
  • free jazz
• (Under front, n. (and adj.)
  • front bottom
  • front bum
  • front door
• (Under functional, adj. and n.)
  • functional magnetic resonance imaging
• (Under fuss, v.)
  • fussed
• (Under G, n.)
  • GPRS
  • GSM
• (Under gas, n.¹)
  • gas mark
• (Under general, adj., adv. and n.)
  • General Packet Radio Service
• (Under golden, adj.)
  • golden raisin
• (Under ground, n.)
  • ground share
  • groundshare
  • ground sharing
• (Under gulf, n.)
  • Gulf State
• (Under hearing, n.)
  • hearing-impaired
• (Under Helmholtz, n.)
  • Helmholtz free energy
• (Under heroin, n.)
  • heroin chic
• (Under history, n.)
  • history sheet
  • history-sheeter
• (Under institutional, adj.)
  • institutional racism
• (Under J, n.)
  • J-pop
• (Under K, n.)
  • K
• (Under label, n.)
  • labelmate
• (Under reading, n.)
  • reading frame
• (Under seal, n.²)
  • sealof approval
• (Under special, adj., adv., and n.)
  • Special K
• (Under speed, n.)
  • speed dating
• (Under sticky, adj.²)
  • sticky bun
• (Under strip, n.²)
  • strip mall
• (Under tasting, n.)
  • tasting menu
• (Under Texas, n.)
  • Texas Hold 'Em
• (Under toucan, n.)
  • Toucan crossing
• (Under unsung, adj.)
  • unsung hero
  • unsung heroine
• (Under wait, v.¹)
  • waitstaff
• (Under whipped, adj.)
  • whipped butter

Finally, new meanings were added to the following entries:

• all over, adv.
• animator, n.
• arborist, n.
• argyll | argyle, n.
• arse, v.
• attachment, n.
• backdoor, n.
• backlist | backlist, n.
• belly, v.
• bivvy | bivy, n.
• boner, n..
• bounce, v.
• bronzer, n.
• bullet, n.¹
• call, v.
• carpet, n.
• chain, n.
• Charter School, n.
• chic, n. and adj.
• clock, v.¹
• closer, n.²
• coyote, n.
• crack, v.
• crank, n.¹
• damn, v.
• down-size | downsize, v.
• dungaree, n.
• elephant, n.
• exceptional, adj.
• fish, n.¹
• flop, n.¹
• fudgy, adj.
• game, n.
• glamour, n.
• Greek, n.
• Greek, adj.
• head, n.¹
• hour, n.
• ill, adj. and n.
• impaired, adj.
• jump, v.
• kazoo, n.
• keyboard, n.
• kindergarten, n.
• libertarian, n. (and adj.)
• loaner, n.
• lo-fi, n.
• pop, v.¹
• pull, n.¹
• rat, n.¹
• rock, v.¹
• rough neck | rough-neck | roughneck, n.
• rug, n.¹ (and adj.)
• slave n.
• stalkv.¹
• stalking, n.
• thumb-nail, n.
• troll, n.¹
• troll, v.
• unprotected, adj.
• unsafe, adj.
• waste, n.
• wax, v.¹
• way, n.¹
• zone, v.

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