In contrast to the previous 'WHO Blue Books' (as the series is commonly termed), the third edition included concise sections on epidemiology, clinical signs and symptoms, imaging, prognosis and predictive factors.
After inserting the term in the 13th edition, he said he received many calls.
Until this edition, every term that was not French to begin with was also given in French.
In the short term, however, "Rent: School Edition" appears to be something of a cultural litmus test, with supporters and opponents of the play using its words and themes to battle.
A fanciful speculation about the metaphoric reason for the adoption of spamming by the computer world can be found in the excellent Newton's Telecom Dictionary, 16th edition: "the term is derived from a brand of pink, canned meat that splatters messily when hurled".
The "Screwjob" has become a colloquial term for the 1997 edition of WWE's Survivor Series, and the main event between its two biggest stars and best performers, Calgary's Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.
The latest edition includes terms such as world wide web, search engine optimisation (SEO), email, online, social media, Twitter and blog.
To prove his point, Thorne highlights that there are just three new Australian slang terms for this fourth edition of his slang dictionary – the fewest yet.
Because of an editing error, a headline on Monday about Sunday's election victory by President Huge Chávez of Venezuela misidentified, in some editions, the term to which Mr. Chávez was elected.
