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Sho' You Right: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English is On The Way
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you’ve ever seriously considered Black American English to be its own language, you aren’t the...
Nyama choma, Bongo Flava, and daladala are now in the Oxford English dictionary
Quartz· 2 years agoIn a statement, the OED said coverage of east African English includes the varieties of English...
Oxford University Press names 'rizz' word of 2023
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Oxford University Press said use of the word "rizz" peaked in June after Tom Holland said in an interview that he had none. File Photo by John...
These 5 Words Have Been Selected As 2022’s “Word Of The Year”
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt the end of every calendar year, dictionaries around the globe select one word to sum up how...
Google fixes offensive definition of "Jew" in search results
CBS News via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoSearch engine giant Google said it has fixed the search results for the word "Jew" after an...
Researcher Who Coined 'Cisgender' Reacts To Elon Musk Labeling It 'A Slur'
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoTwitter CEO and noted transphobe Elon Musk has decreed that the words “cis” and “cisgender” will 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...
Where Did The Term ‘Scab’ Come From?
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTwo young strike sympathizers on roller skates in the U.S. circa 1910s. Labor unions have made big headlines this year thanks to organized activity like...
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...
Why do we say ‘green thumb,’ ‘out of the blue’ and more color idioms?
NY Post via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“Cat got your tongue” and other popular sayings are common in the English language. These and many...
