The Oxford English Dictionary is looking for a few good words. The Editors are engaging in the first complete revision of the Dictionary and need legal specialists and word hounds to help redefine the legal terms in the OED.

If you're an English legal historian, you're likely to be able to help find the first recorded use of a word. Others can still assist the OED by tipping them off to omitted words or significant meanings of included words that have not been included.

I can't think of anything else cooler than being able to say you contributed a definition to the OED. Plus, the power of an OED definition is kind of scary. Consider their question, "Has society moved on since the OED originally defined marriage and matrimony in the 1900s?" In one hundred years, will lawyers be reading your definition as the authoritative source for current social and legal terms?

So, logophiles, get out your magnifying glasses, crack open those OEDs,* and start searching.

* Or use your university's subscription to access it online. The online edition is updated quarterly with new words.