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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...
Here are 10 words that will be featured in the African American English Dictionary
The Today Show via AOL· 1 year agoPrecise definitions for “bussin,” “chitterlings” and “cakewalk” will be distributed to the world in...
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....
Dictionary.com just added over 500 words. Here are some you may know
Newsy via AOL· 9 months agoDictionary.com is shown. Look out moms: Some of your child's internet slang words have just made it...
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...
‘The Dictionary Of Lost Words’: ‘The Tourist’ Co-Producer Highview Productions And Closer...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Australian-British writer Pip Williams’ novel The Dictionary of Lost Words is to be...
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are...
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSince Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never...
Online slang bible uses ‘grossly offensive’ definition of anti-Semitism
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAnti-Semitism has been on the rise in the UK since the Oct 7 Hams attack on Israel -...
‘English is not a language – it’s just badly spoken French’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFew would deny that English has conquered the world. But the French have always refused to take this...
20 English Speaking Countries by Population Except US and UK
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoIn this article, we will be looking at the 20 English speaking countries by population except US and...