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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...
Banh mi and omakase join the dictionary. What it says about Asian cultural influence.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Andrea Nguyen was growing up in the 1970s and 80s, banh mi was still an insular Asian...
Oxford Dictionaries announces its word of the year for 2022
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs 2022 nears its end, dictionaries are chiming in on the word that best that encompasses the year....
Cathleen Schine on Sigrid Nunez, 'Pride and Prejudice,' and The Book That Grew On Her
Elle via AOL· 2 months agoShelf Life: Cathleen SchinePORTRAIT BY Karen Tapia / ILLUSTRATION BY YOUSRA ATTIA Welcome to Shelf...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside 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...
‘Dictionary of Fine Distinctions’ Review: Subtle Shades of Meaning
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF Do you know the difference between a flat white and a cappuccino? What about a gully and a...
Online slang bible uses ‘grossly offensive’ definition of anti-Semitism
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAnti-Semitism has been on the rise in the UK since the Oct 7 Hams attack on Israel -...
Author connects to grandfather in book full of Athens and UGA history, personalities
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Morris was a professor at the University of Georgia for five decades until he retired in 1944,...
Can English unite a divided America? A Mexican American scholar weighs in
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDifferent groups have made American English their own, says Latino scholar Ilan Stavans in "The...