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Collins English Dictionary reveals its 2022 word of the year
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"Permacrisis" is a noun defined by the U.K.-based publisher as "an extended period of instability...
‘Bazball’ enters Collins English Dictionary as one of 10 words of the year
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoEngland’s Test coach Brendon McCullum may not approve of the term ‘Bazball’ but the word is set to...
Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...
Nigel Farage doused with milkshake outside pub
Press Association News via AOL· 2 hours agoNigel Farage has been doused with a drink outside a pub in Essex. Images appear to show a young woman throwing a McDonald’s banana milkshake at the...
Collins Dictionary picks ‘AI’ as its word of the year
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCollins Dictionary has named “AI” as its word of the year, defining it as an “abbreviation for...
These 5 Words Have Been Selected As 2022’s “Word Of The Year”
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt the end of every calendar year, dictionaries around the globe select one word to sum up how...
Oxford Dictionaries announces its word of the year for 2022
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs 2022 nears its end, dictionaries are chiming in on the word that best that encompasses the year....
Voices: 2022’s Words of the Year and what they tell us
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWord of the Year (WOTY) season is upon us, and like the first jingle of sleigh bells in Asda, the...
Collins Dictionary names 'permacrisis' its word of the year for 2022
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoCollins Dictionary has named “permacrisis” as its word of the year after a period which has seen...
Richard Wolfe: A business of ferrets
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe word “venery" has two unrelated definitions and usages. According to the Collins dictionary, the most recent (if you can call the late 15th century...
