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Large-scale study will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, a dream come...
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 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· 12 months agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
Dictionary.com adds over 300 new words: Here's what deadass, hellscape and petfluencer mean
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe have some new words to describe our hellscape. Dictionary.com added more than 300 new 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...
Dictionary Makes Trans-Friendly Updates to Words 'Man' & 'Woman'
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(CNN) — The Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its entries for "man" and "woman" to include...
Nepo baby. Crony capitalism. Blursday. Over 500 new words added to Dictionary.com.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAre you greenwashing? How much sleep debt do you have? If you're unfamiliar with those terms you're...
Merriam-Webster's word of the year – authentic – reflects growing concerns over AI's ability to...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAccording to the publisher’s editor-at-large, 2023 represented 'a kind of crisis of authenticity.'...
Your mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique − here's how your brain stores and retrieves...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMost people can draw from tens of thousands of words in their memory within milliseconds. Studying...
Cambridge Dictionary expands its definition of 'woman' to include transgender women
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCambridge Dictionary has expanded its definition of the word "woman" to be inclusive of transgender...
14 Internet-Adjacent Slang Words Newly Added to Dictionary.com
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery so often, dictionaries spruce up their database of lexicography in order to get with the...