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 performance at the MTV Video ...

Oxford English Dictionary selects ‘rage bait’ as its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting rising internet slang and growing ...

Too bad there isn't an "emoji" that can properly depict the look on grammar gurus' faces when they find out that the word "twerk" has been added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO). It would ...

Channel 4’s Daytime favourite, Countdown, is changing with the times. Over thirty years since the launch of the long running series, Countdown is replacing the traditional print version of the Oxford ...

London: The Oxford Dictionary has added as many as 1,000 new words and phrases to its online version including 'al desko', 'lolcat', 'Duck face' and 'Obamacare', in its largest ever quarterly update.

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has updated its definition of the word “woman” in its latest gender review, after complaints it was “sexist”. In the latest edition of the world-famous dictionary it has ...

The Oxford English Dictionary just got a K-culture upgrade. In its December 2024 update, the dictionary added seven Korean words — "dalgona," "hyung," "noraebang," "maknae," "jjigae," "tteokbokki" and ...

Four times a year, a group of wordsmiths at the Oxford English Dictionary survey the evolving landscape of the English language to see what new words they should incorporate into what's been ...

Oxford University Press has changed the definition of the word "woman" in its dictionaries after an online petition called on them to remove "sexist" language. Oxford lexicographers examined ...

CLAIMS that the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary will never appear in print have been dismissed by Oxford University Press. According to The Sunday Times, staff had been told that the ...

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