The Oxford Dictionary suggests that the only word that possibly rhymes with orange is the word "sporange". Sporange is a rare alternative to the word sporangia. Another word similar to that of orange is silver, as it also is known to have other words that rhyme with it. The Oxford Dictionary suggests that the word "chilver" meaning a female ewe lamb, is the only possible word to rhyme with silver.
However, the Oxford Rhyming Dictionary also suggests that both these words have "half-rhymes", otherwise known as "para-rhymes". The difference between a standard rhyme and a para-rhyme is that a standard rhyme (stressed or unstressed) contains vowels that are common to both of the words, and a para-rhyme contains obvious differences between the vowels or syllables in each word.
The Oxford Rhyming Dictionary suggests that "lozenge" is the para-rhyme to "orange", and "salver" the para-rhyme to "silver".
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2013 is "selfie".
Language analysts have found the word "selfie" being used as far back as 2002 in Australian form, and believe it may have been used even earlier, despite people believing it is a relatively new word. It became very popular in the years 2012 and 2013, and was used to mean a photograph taken of one's self with a smart camera, uploaded to a social media website. Originally just used online; we now see the word selfie being effectively put into use on television, in news articles, magazines and so on.
Writing the OED: New Words.
The Oxford English Dictionary have a team of people working as a "new words team" who collectively have to find words being used in today's society that are not yet in the dictionary, and decide whether they should be inserted into it, and therefore sort of standardised. Shockingly, a word in 2011 that was found not to be in the dictionary was "Charity shop", even though its use and origin dates way back into the 1850's. Drafting a "new" words meaning, to be eventually put into the OED can be a long process in which members of the new words team have to work collaboratively so a words exact meaning can be written in its best form, as nobody has ever done it before.
An OED Appeal for the Word "Cooties".
Members of the new words team (which I spoke about previously) often appeal to members of the public for help on the origins, meanings and uses of words, before they are drafted or inserted into the Dictionary. In this case, the word is cooties, a word specifically used by North American children which is understood to mean imaginary germs that are usually attributed to a person you do not like or a person of the opposite gender. The first use that members of the OED can find is in a Novel published in 1967, where it is used as a sort of playground taunt. If people believe they have evidence of the word being used before this, whether it is in the same definition or different, they can submit the evidence to the OED online or via email.
Words we're thankful for: ych a fi, ja-nee and lollipop.
Beth Tovey, a researcher for the OED discusses how she enjoys saying and using the word "ych a fi". Originating from the Welsh language, ych a fi is a way of saying "yuck", and can be used when talking about something disgusting or not enjoyable. Tovey also explains her mother's favourite word, "lollipop". She claims that her mother claims the word as her favourite purely because of the way it is said slowly - "lol-eee-pop".
John Pierre, another researcher, talks about his favourite word "ja-nee". A South-African word that Pierre describes as "a weird word that doesn't really mean anything, other than literally yes-no". The word is known to be mainly used in agreement with a person or something, but can strangely be used in other contexts for example on arrival to a place or occasion, or similarly to "hmm" as a sort of word used to fill space or buy time whilst a person thinks of what they would like to really say.
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