Fact Check. Back in 2013, as part of a quarterly online update, the Oxford Dictionary added the word “twerk” to its collection.The addition came after Miley Cyrus’ widely discussed ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added a total of 18 new LGBTQ-related words in 2022 — an effort to acknowledge the diverse communities of LGBTQ people around the world, their shared and ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...

The Oxford English Dictionary traced its usage back to 1985. Yoh is a popular interjection that is used in South Africa. It comes from two languages -Afrikaans and isiXhosa (stock photo of Cape Town) ...

The Dictionary People. By Sarah Ogilvie. Knopf; 384 pages; $30. Chatto & Windus; £20. I n July 1915 an ailing James Murray (pictured), one of the early editors of the Oxford English Dictionary ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is what’s called a historical dictionary. Along with definitions, it includes evidence of a word’s origins and notes how its usage and meaning have changed over time.

The Oxford lexicographers have updated the dictionary with 29 Nigerian words, recognising the "unique and distinctive contribution to English as a global language" of Africa's most populous country.

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) ...

Source: Oxford English Dictionary. But there are the fundamentalists befuddled by what they consider "street words" having made it into the dictionary.