s this. Well, sort of.</p>

<p>"It's very likely that this is going to appear," he says.</p>

<p>Sheidlower says the dictionary accepts about 250 new words per quarter. The third printed edition of the mammoth OED won't be published for several more years, but the online version -- available by subscription -- serves as an official, ever-expanding substitute in the meantime.</p>

<p>So what makes "wife-beater" a contender? "If something is really common and relatively widespread, it's likely to go in," Shei