Mick Hartley

Some of the words taken out of the latest Oxford University Press Junior Dictionary:

Mistletoe, goblin, abbey, monastery, psalm, devil, vicar, budgerigar, cheetah, gerbil, empire, herring, kingfisher, leopard, magpie, ox, oyster, pelican, porcupine, raven, starling, thrush, acorn, apricot, ash, bacon, beech, beetroot, blackberry, cauliflower, chestnut, clover, conker, county, cowslip, crocus, dandelion, diesel, fern, fungus, gooseberry, primrose, prune, radish, rhubarb, spinach, sycamore, tulip, willow.

Some of the words put in:

Blog, broadband, MP3 player, voicemail, attachment, database, export, chatroom, bullet point, cut and paste, analogue, vandalism, negotiate, interdependent, creep, citizenship, bilingual, bungee jumping, committee, compulsory, allergic, biodegradable, emotion, dyslexic, donate, endangered, Euro, apparatus, food chain, idiom, curriculum, classify, chronological, block graph.   

[Thanks DC]