The newest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary has dropped hyphens from something like 16,000 words. The decision was influenced by the Web, where hyphens are often omitted. Print media has gradually followed suit. With this new dictionary, the demise of the hyphen has become official.
Included in the list of new, formerly hyphenated spellings are:
bumblebee
pot belly
crybaby
ice cream
pigeonhole
test tube
fig leaf
hobby horse
water bed
chickpea
leapfrog
logjam
lowlife
touchline
waterborne
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And from Wikipedia, we have this entry on "email": Spelling of this term is disputed, and varies by field. While "e-mail" (with a hyphen) is used in journalism (such as by the CNN, BBC and New York Times), the computer industry primarily uses the spelling "email" (no hyphen).[1] In particular, the original spelling is "email" (no hyphen), based on the technical roots of the term, as seen in the RFC documents for SMTP,[2] POP[3] and IMAP,[4] which use "mail" or "email."
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