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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...
Google fixes offensive definition of "Jew" in search results
CBS News via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoSearch engine giant Google said it has fixed the search results for the word "Jew" after an...
Scrabble’s New Official Word List Contains Dozens of Stunning Additions. Elite Players Are...
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSince Scrabble adopted an official lexicon in 1978, one thing has been constant: People have never...
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...
Voices: 2022’s Words of the Year and what they tell us
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWord of the Year (WOTY) season is upon us, and like the first jingle of sleigh bells in Asda, the...
How gaslighting came to encapsulate the spirit of 2022
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoGaslighting is not a new word—but it’s one that people have taken newfound interest in this year. In...
Fact Check: Google Supposedly Changed Its Definition of 'Bloodbath' After Trump Used It in a Speech....
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoX user @EndWokeness, pixabay.com Claim: Google "changed its definition" of "bloodbath" to push an...
'Y'all,' that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it's about time
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA sign encourages people to vote in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Sean...
How to decipher the clues nature leaves behind | ECOVIEWS
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoWant to enrich your wildlife experience on a warm spring day when birds, insects and plants abound?...
These 5 Words Have Been Selected As 2022’s “Word Of The Year”
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt the end of every calendar year, dictionaries around the globe select one word to sum up how...
