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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...
New dictionary will showcase the beauty and creativity of Black American English
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, which will be edited by noted historian...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via AOL· 6 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
Researcher Who Coined 'Cisgender' Reacts To Elon Musk Labeling It 'A Slur'
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTwitter CEO and noted transphobe Elon Musk has decreed that the words “cis” and “cisgender” will be...
Highlights from the 2023 Miss Universe pageant’s national costume competition
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhat do dictionaries, plantains, fighter planes and the Swiss Guard have in common? All inspired...
Salman Rushdie’s Legacy Resonates Now More Than Ever
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn the opening paragraph of his memoir entitled Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie writes about first receiving the call from a BBC reporter asking for a...
Gardeners dig in against a growth of horticultural officialdom
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMonty Don, the television plantsman, asked this week: “When did the term horticulturalist replace...
20 Biggest Publishing Companies in the World (Updated)
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoIn this article, we will be taking a look at the 20 biggest publishing companies in the world. To...
Democracy is the answer
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: Why can't the people fighting for reproductive rights, economic inclusion, LGBTQIA equality or gun reform see that their goals coincide with the...