In 2004, the term "bootylicious" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary due to the popularity of Destiny's Child's hit. Beyoncé, who holds the title as the most-decorated singer in Grammys ...

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

The dictionary defines Beyoncé as: “American singer of R&B and pop.” Her name appears among a list of 40 international personalities, including Cate Blanchett, LeBron James, and Christopher Nolan ...

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) ...

According to the dictionary’s site, the project was a joint venture of the Oxford University Press and the Hutchins Center. Gates Jr. told The New York Times that the idea for the new dictionary ...

The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of words. “The bottom line of the African American people,” Gates said, is “these are ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. Listen to this article · 3:33 min Learn more.