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Large-scale study will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, a dream come...
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford...
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,...
Public asked to vote for Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2022
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat’s one word or phrase that sums up 2022 for you? If it happens to be “goblin mode”, “metaverse”,...
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...
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...
Oxford English Dictionary add famous Mourinho and Fergie phrases
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLegendary football managers Jose Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson have had some of their iconic...
Susie Dent: I want to be buried with all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSusie Dent has revealed she wants to be buried with “all 20” volumes of the Oxford English...
23 new gender and sexuality terms added to the dictionary in 2022
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlyssa Powell/Insider In 2022, Dictionary.com and the Oxford English Dictionary added 23 words to...
'Rizz' is Oxford's 2023 word of the year: What it means and how it's used
Yahoo News via AOL· 6 months ago“Rizz” was crowned 2023’s word of the year by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, as...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via AOL· 8 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...