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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...
Sho' You Right: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English is On The Way
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you’ve ever seriously considered Black American English to be its own language, you aren’t the...
Merriam-Webster dictionary adds 690 new words including padawan, ’grammable and kayfabe
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMerriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary-publishing company in America and Friday was a day of...
Nearly 700 New Words Were Just Added to the Dictionary—Here Are All the Ones Related to Food
Parade via AOL· 7 months agoEvery year, lexicographers at Merriam-Webster add new words to their esteemed tome, keeping a...
Feeling ‘cheffy’? Here are all the food-related words that just made it into the dictionary
TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHere are all the food-related words that Merriam-Webster added to its dictionary in 2023, including...
Patrick Hanks, lexicographer who illuminated the history of rude words and surnames – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPatrick Hanks, who has died aged 83, was a lexicographer, corpus linguist and onomastician, one who...
17 Things Americans Say That Non-Americans Hate
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere are 171,476 words in current use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. If you’re learning English for the first...
To vs. Too: Clarifying Commonly Confused Words
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNo need to bust out the dictionary! We've got you covered with the difference between "too" and "to." Jamie Grill / Getty Images Do you know when to use...
Watch out for the words in Constellation Stage's 'Webster's B!+@#' Jan. 25-Feb. 11
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWords depend on the people who use them. "Webster's B!+@#" is a drama with comedy about letters +...
'Rizz' is Oxford's 2023 word of the year: What it means and how it's used
Yahoo News via AOL· 5 months ago“Rizz” was crowned 2023’s word of the year by the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, as...
