Noun
the dialect of English spoken at Oxford University and regarded by many as affected and pretentious
Source: WordNetLudicrous concepts...like the whole idea of a "war on terrorism". You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary? Terry Jones
...the all-time best «gift book» has to be a leather-bound copy of the Oxford English Dictionary. How can you go wrong? Of course, don't forget a magnifying glass to go with it. Dan Brown
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term Farsi was first used in English in 1926, while Parsi dates to 1790. Source: Internet
According to The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term "Celsius's thermometer" had been used at least as early as 1797. Source: Internet
", According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term "robotics" was first used in the short story "Liar!" published in the May, 1941 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Source: Internet
Asparagus was also corrupted in some places to "sparrow grass"; indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary quotes John Walker as having written in 1791 that "Sparrow-grass is so general that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry". Source: Internet