Editing Oxford English Dictionary (section)

==== New entries and words ====
''Wordhunt'' was a 2005 appeal to the general public for help in providing citations for 50 selected recent words, and produced [[antedating (lexicography)|antedatings]] for many. The results were reported in a BBC TV series, ''[[Balderdash and Piffle]]''. The ''OED''{{'}}s readers contribute quotations: the department currently receives about 200,000 a year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://public.oed.com/history-of-the-oed/reading-programme/ |title=Reading Programme |access-date=8 June 2014 |work=Oxford English Dictionary Online |archive-date=6 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706192833/http://public.oed.com/history-of-the-oed/reading-programme/}}</ref>

''OED'' currently contains over 500,000 entries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://public.oed.com/about/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |work=Oxford English Dictionary Online |archive-date=21 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821000818/https://public.oed.com/about/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The online ''OED'' is updated on a quarterly basis, with the addition of new words and senses, and the revision of existing entries.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.oed.com/information/updates/ |title=Updates |work=Oxford English Dictionary |access-date=12 August 2024}}</ref>