Words or phrases which appear on the Appeals List are those currently being drafted or revised for the OED for which the documentary evidence is incomplete. Often these are slang or colloquial items which cannot be researched in specialist texts and are most likely to be found by a general reader in non-specialized or popular literature...

hoodie (n.: a hooded jacket, sweatshirt, or other garment)
antedate 1990...

scrunchie (n.) antedate 1989...

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