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The OED Gets Its Ya-Yas Out: Pop Music in the Biggest Dictionary in the World

By Mark Peters
January 26th, 2009

There’s plenty of earthly music that’s had an influence on the Oxford English Dictionary. Here are a few pop-propelled terms that have been immortalized in the largest dictionary in the world.

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