The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will feature a new word the publishers hope will see wordsmiths flocking to buy the book in stores up and down the country.
The word is ‘pisscheat’ and it means to introduce a new word to a dictionary in the hope it will encourage wordsmiths to flock to buy the book in stores up and down the country.
“It’s been a lean year for words,” said Sue Priest, the OED’s lexicographic specialist, “and we were struggling to find a new one that would get us publicity in the papers.
“In previous years we’ve had a load of swear words and slang term that we’ve been able to put in the dictionary like Chav, Snollygosters and Marmite Miner but there was nothing controversial or quirky out there.
“Thankfully, one of our researchers was heard to say ‘if we can’t find a new word we won’t be able to pisscheat readers into buying the new dictionary.’ And so pisscheat was born.”
The extra word will feature in the Oxford English Dictionary, out next month for £15.99.
Sue said: “And pisscheat means we now have another word in the pipeline for the next edition: cockerknocker.”
Cockerknockers (n): Sad saps who fall for the annual dictionary pisscheat. Eg “Look at the stupid f*cking cockerknocker with a pisscheat copy of the Oxford English Dictionary. What a tosspot.”
