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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...
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...
'Goblin mode' is Oxford's word of the year. What does it mean?
The Today Show via AOL· 1 year agoGoblin mode has been declared by popular vote to be Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year. So...
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...
Merriam-Webster adds word first used on ‘The Simpsons’ to dictionary
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMerriam-Webster announced this week that hundreds of new terms and words have been added to its...
Oxford's got 'Rizz': Slang named Oxford University Press' word of 2023
NBC News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOxford University Press’ Word of the Year has arrived, and it’s a term you may have heard on TikTok....
2023's words of the year actually make sense together in business world
The Tennessean via Yahoo Finance· 4 months ago“For last year's words belong to last year's languageAnd next year's words await another voice.”―...
This week in the metaverse: ‘Metaverse’ could be word of the year, Johnnie Walker launches an NFT,...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWelcome to This Week in the Metaverse, where Fortune rounds up the most interesting news in the...
Fact Check: The Word 'Gauze' Sounds Similar to 'Gaza.' Linguists Say That's Probably No Accident
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Claim: The word "gauze," woven fabric used for medical purposes, originated from Gaza,...
'Thirst trap' and 'edgelord' were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn't 'nibling' made...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA rose by any other name would smell as sweet – but would it sound as sweet? Alicia Llop/Moment via...