Example sentences for: odnw

How can you use “odnw” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Both list Filofax ( Neologisms holding that the trade mark was registered in 1941, the ODNW says the early thirties), and, as expected, the latter includes several subentries (e.g.

  • Also, one will find jet set in Neologisms , because it was coined after 1960; but it is not in the ODNW because it was coined before 1980.

  • According to the blurbs, the former contains 2000 entries, the latter 2700; but the ODNW is more densely packed with information-- at least thirty per cent more, by my calculations.

  • Thus, Green cannot be faulted for offering more succinct entries, especially when the further comment in ODNW indicates a difference in purpose:

  • I have not taken the trouble to research the accuracy of the information given in these books, but I did note that grody (to the max) , which is not in Neologisms , is described in the ODNW as “US teenagers' slang”; while that might be technically correct, I have evidence that leads me to believe that it originated in the slang of Hawaiian teenagers, and while no American would dispute the nationality of Hawaiians, responsibility should be laid at the door of the real culprits.


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