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Henry Louis Gates Jr. announced as editor-in-chief of the new Oxford Dictionary of African American...
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoPopular words used in Black culture for centuries are making their way into Oxford’s newest...
Will The Oxford Dictionary Of African American English Help Address Language Appropriation?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA new project will finally acknowledge that AAVE isn't just slang. AlthoughAfricanAmerican...
The Oxford English Dictionary declares 'rizz' is the 2023 word of the year
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt's official: Rizz is the word of the year, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. What does...
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...
Sean Connery among new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entries
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoScottish actor Sir Sean Connery and English singer Dame Vera Lynn are among the new entrants in the...
Henry Louis Gates, Oxford working to publish African American dictionary
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoHarvard University’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, led by Dr. Henry...
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...
Here are 10 words that will be featured in the African American English Dictionary
The Today Show via AOL· 11 months agoPrecise definitions for “bussin,” “chitterlings” and “cakewalk” will be distributed to the world in...
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....
Oxford’s word of the year speaks to the ‘unapologetically self-indulgent and lazy’ among us
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPeople around the world found themselves navigating life after COVID restrictions in 2022—and a new...