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Oxford Dictionaries announces its word of the year for 2022
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs 2022 nears its end, dictionaries are chiming in on the word that best that encompasses the year....
10 Words Added To First Oxford Dictionary Of African American English
VIBE via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA first-of-its-kind dictionary is coming to the world that’s comprised of words created, defined,...
Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
Rizzlers rejoice: The Oxford English Dictionary has announced its word of the year
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThough it was already floating around the internet, the word skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 when...
Dictionary.com names ‘woman’ its Word of the Year
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDictionary.com named “woman” its Word of the Year, saying the word is “inseparable from the story of 2022” after abortion rights and prominent female...
'Goblin mode' is Oxford's word of the year. What does it mean?
The Today Show via AOL· 1 year agoGoblin mode has been declared by popular vote to be Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year. So...
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...
New dictionary will showcase the beauty and creativity of Black American English
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, which will be edited by noted historian...
Merriam-Webster adds word first used on ‘The Simpsons’ to dictionary
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMerriam-Webster announced this week that hundreds of new terms and words have been added to its...
Oxford University Press Has "Rizz"
Hypebeast via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCatalyzed by Kai Cenat (per his “rizz tips” videos) and abetted by Tom Holland ("I have no rizz whatsoever. I have limited rizz."), "rizz" has taken over...
