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Rizzlers rejoice: The Oxford English Dictionary has announced its word of the year
Though it was already floating around the internet, the word skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 when…
Sebastian Cahill
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30 words you won't believe were added to the dictionary in the last decade
Some of these words may have seemed silly at first but slowly worked their way into everyday conver…
Talia Lakritz
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23 new gender and sexuality terms added to the dictionary in 2022
Dictionary.com and the Oxford English Dictionary expanded their pages this year with words like "si…
Julia Naftulin
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Oxford Dictionary marks the entry of 650 new words including an Indian word for underpants
The Indian English word for underpants, Chuddies, is among the 650 new words recently added to the …
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'Twerk' And 'Selfie' Are Now Official English Words In The Oxford Dictionary
Some of these words may sound unfamilar to the untrained eye. A phablet is a phone so large that it…
Caroline Moss
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Top 5 Android and iOS apps to improve your English vocabulary
These apps are free and easy to use while some have paid versions for more features and benefits…
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Merriam-Webster adds gender-neutral 'they' to dictionary
Using "they" as a singular pronoun has become common for people who identify as gender nonbinary, o…
Andy Kiersz
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'Derp' Added To Oxford Dictionaries Online, Will Live Forever
According to Oxford, derp is a mass noun meaning "foolishness or stupidity" or an exclamation "used…
Josh Barro
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The Oxford Dictionary Is Changing The Definition Of 'Marriage' To Include Gay Couples
There's no word yet on what the new definition will be, but the Oxford English Dictionary is not th…
Megan Willett
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'Twerk' Is Now A Word In Oxford Dictionary Thanks To Miley Cyrus
Quartz broke the news on Tuesday, announcing that the Oxford University Press, which publishes the …
Melia Robinson
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Google Sides With Traitors To The English Language Over Dictionary Definition Of 'Literally'
But recently, a civil war has raged between dictionary providers over whether the definition of "li…
Jim Edwards
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Only 10 Words Make Up 25% Of The English Language
"The weak version of Zipf's Law says that words are not evenly distributed across texts; instead, …
Christina Sterbenz
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How the world's leading authority on the English language used Google to write the most comprehensive treatment of English usage ever published
He was a snoot, and I'm a snoot, according to Wallace's definition - that was the bond between us. …
Daniel McMahon
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The Latest Sign That Millennials Are Destroying The English Language
Other new entries include binge-watch (popularized by the release of Netflix's original series that…
Dina Spector
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The 9 Most Controversial Rules In English Grammar
As for "this is she" versus "this is her," both are seen as acceptable things to say on the phone (…
Gus Lubin
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The 6 English Words Longer Than Antidisestablishmentarianism
Back in the 18th Century, Eton College created a grammar book which contained a section listing all…
Christina Sterbenz
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11 Racist And Offensive Phrases That People Still Use All The Time
"Gyp" or "gip" most likely evolved as a shortened version of "gypsy" - more correctly known as the …
Christina Sterbenz
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9 Words With Totally Unexpected Origins
In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant, named "Jumbo," from the Royal Zoological Society in London…
Christina Sterbenz
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9 Words With Totally Unexpected Origins
In 1880, P.T. Barnum bought an elephant, named "Jumbo," from the Royal Zoological Society in London…
Christina Sterbenz
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What's your (p)doom? The morbid question making rounds in tech
Do you think AI is going to destroy humanity? Then you've got a high (p)doom score.