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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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Oxford English Dictionary add famous Mourinho and Fergie phrases
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLegendary football managers Jose Mourinho and Sir Alex Ferguson have had some of their iconic...
23 new gender and sexuality terms added to the dictionary in 2022
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlyssa Powell/Insider In 2022, Dictionary.com and the Oxford English Dictionary added 23 words to...
Susie Dent: I want to be buried with all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSusie Dent has revealed she wants to be buried with “all 20” volumes of the Oxford English...
'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...
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...