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10 Words Added To First Oxford Dictionary Of African American English
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
The Oxford English Dictionary declares 'rizz' is the 2023 word of the year
The Today Show via AOL· 5 months agoIt's official: Rizz is the word of the year, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. What does...
Henry Louis Gates, Oxford working to publish African American dictionary
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHarvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, led by Dr. Henry...
'Goblin mode' is Oxford's word of the year. What does it mean?
The Today Show via AOL· 2 years agoGoblin mode has been declared by popular vote to be Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year. So...
17 Things Americans Say That Non-Americans Hate
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere are 171,476 words in current use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. If you’re learning English for the first...
Merriam-Webster adds word first used on ‘The Simpsons’ to dictionary
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMerriam-Webster announced this week that hundreds of new terms and words have been added to its...
Embryos, children, and the black letter of the law
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the recent Alabama Supreme Court Decision on the fate of embryos, the court claimed, based on the Oxford English Dictionary, that the literal...
Billionaires Cuban, Musk and Buffett Thrive on This ‘Simple’ Advice — and You Can, Too
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoThe Oxford English Dictionary defines jargon as "special words or expressions that are used by a...
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...