Oxford English Dictionary's New Entries Include 'Gender Reassignment,' 'Auto-Complete'
By: Katy Steinmetz

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/06/16/oxford-english-dictionarys-new-entries-include-gender-reassignment-auto-complete/

June's update to the Oxford English Dictionary includes almost 2,000 new or revised entries. Some terms have gained status through the worlds of technology or gender politics. Others are just good, old-fashioned slang (hello, use it or lose it), that have finally become mainstream enough to make the cut.

Here is a smattering of the OED's newly approved terms:

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Gender reassignment, meaning "the process of a person adopting the physical characteristics of the opposite sex by means of medical procedures such as surgery or hormone treatment," is now included, perhaps given more clout by people like Chaz Bono.