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Evolution of technology plays into latest Oxford English Dictionary update
Press Association News via AOL· 4 months agoGenerative artificial intelligence, talkboard and dumb phone are among the new technological words...
Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
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...
Beyonce’s Name Will Be Added to French Le Petit Larousse Dictionary
Us Weekly via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoBeyoncé: proper noun. American singer of R&B and pop. That entry will soon be added to the French Le...
Fact Check: Is Suggestive 'Two Fingers and a Thumb' 7-Up Ad From 1960s Real?
Snopes via Yahoo News· 8 months agoReddit Claim: A magazine ad featuring a young couple at a bowling alley with suggestive language...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via AOL· 7 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
Asus ZenScreen OLED MQ16AH Portable Monitor Review: Great Color, High Price
Tom's Hardware via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAsus ZenScreen OLED MQ16AH Portable OLED monitors were once a rarity in the industry, but we’ve...
It’s the Ides of March! What’s an Ide, anyway?
WHTM via Yahoo News· 2 months agoROME/LONDON (WHTM) — If it wasn’t for William Shakespeare, most of us wouldn’t know what an Ide was. In Act One, scene two of his play Julius Caesar,...
Letters: The Conservative Party no longer represents the views of its members
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoSIR – Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee, would like the choice...