Why is it that a word that you feel so viscerally, doesn’t really exist in the dictionary? Our world is overflowing with ...

Dr William Minor was one of the most prolific contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. Unknown to many, he was also ...

The Oxford English Dictionary's addition of Korean words reflects the global rise of Korean culture.

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When Valentina Geri, lecturer in Italian studies, assigned Jhumpa Lahiri’s memoir, In Other Words, to the students enrolled ...

Recently, the good folks at America’s leading dictionary publisher, Merriam-Webster, updated their pages by adding over 1,000 new words. This is important business since the last update took ...

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While it might be a bit of an uncomfortable experience, there’s no underestimating the joy and pure eccentricity that the ...

This pithy word may only be three letters long, but it's deceptively complex. According to one lexicographer, it has 645 ...

Insurance” must rank as one of the most un-rock’n’roll words in the dictionary, alongside “annuity” and “podiatry”. But as an ...

Broadcaster and wordsmith Kel Richards has discussed the origins and the meaning of the phrase “basket case” with Sky News ...

Oh beautiful for spacious skies and penis bones By Krista Madsen Desperately seeking some comic relief, I thought I’d turn a ...