Long live the compound noun! Well I might be exaggerating a bit, but in to the sixth edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary hyphens have been removed from around of 16,000 words, many of them two-word compound nouns. For example:- Fig leafHobby horseIce cream!Pin moneyPot bellyTest tube Others have become one word:- BumblebeeChickpeaCrybabyLeapfrogLogjam One […]