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Beyoncé added to latest edition of French dictionary Le Petit Larousse
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBeyoncé will be added to the latest edition of the French encyclopaedic dictionary Le Petit...
Beyoncé's name to be added to French encyclopedic dictionary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBeyoncé Knowles-Carter is having a massive year with the release of her acclaimed album "Cowboy...
Beyonce’s Name Will Be Added to French Le Petit Larousse Dictionary
Us Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBeyoncé: proper noun. American singer of R&B and pop. That entry will soon be added to the French Le...
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· 10 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...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
United Way: Count it all 'joy'
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 6 months ago"Joy" is a word we see and hear a lot at this time of year, around the holidays. Per the Oxford English Dictionary, Joy is a feeling or state of great...
Amol Rajan: I’m going to start pronouncing the letter H properly now
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAmol Rajan took over from Jeremy Paxman as the host of University Challenge last year - BBC Amol...
Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...
