As the publication of the New Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary gets fully under way, one of the major changes to the OED's editorial efforts has been the creation of an editorial office concentrating on the collection and editing of materials relating to North American English....

...The NAEU is also working closely with the new words group in Oxford, carefully reviewing the high-profile new words that are so often of American origin, and drafting new entries for words that have come to our attention. Some of the words we have drafted in recent months include tipping point, gentleman's C, weaponize, collateral damage, blog, skeevy, and perp walk.