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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...
Weebs, Rejoice: ‘Isekai’ Is Now In The Oxford Dictionary
Kotaku via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Oxford English Dictionary (aka the OED) runs an update to its repository four times every year....
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
10 surprising words that have been added to the dictionary this year
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA stack of dictionaries.WIN-Initiative/Neleman via Getty Images The Oxford English Dictionary and...
Evolution of technology plays into latest Oxford English Dictionary update
Press Association News via AOL· 4 months agoGenerative artificial intelligence, talkboard and dumb phone are among the new technological words...
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...
Embryos, children, and the black letter of the law
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn the recent Alabama Supreme Court Decision on the fate of embryos, the court claimed, based on the Oxford English Dictionary, that the literal...
Beyonce’s Name Will Be Added to French Le Petit Larousse Dictionary
Us Weekly via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBeyoncé: proper noun. American singer of R&B and pop. That entry will soon be added to the French Le...
Celia Rivenbark: These words and phrases should be tossed like the Christmas ham
Star News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBecause I’m a self-confessed word nerd, the annual announcement of the Oxford English Dictionary’s...
Jim Higgins' picks for the 10 best books of 2023 include 'While You Were Out'
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThree of my favorite new books of 2023 were memoirs of life-threatening mental health crises. Each...
