Posted - Dec. 8, 2008 - 6:16 p.m.
A block graph is a "bar chart in which each bar is divided up into individual blocks," according to this BBC Q & A.
Block graph is also one of the phrases added to the Oxford University Press' junior dictionary, the UK Telegraph reports. Other words added to the dictionary include "blog," "broadband" and "celebrity."
The press also has removed some entries including "carol," "cracker," "holly," "ivy" and "mistletoe." But Christmas words weren't the only phrases axed from the dictionary.
Some words that caught my eye on the "remove" list:
>> budgerigar: a parakeet
>> corgi: a herding dog breed
>> cygnet: a young swan
>> drake: a mallard, also a coffeecake
>> kingfisher: a subtropical bird
>> plaice: a flat fish
>> gorse: an evergreen shrub
Bacon is also one of the choice cuts. Sacrilegious?
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