Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious ...

Every dictionary has its word of the year now, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) reigns supreme among categorisations ...

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

London -- It's been in print for over a century, but in future the Oxford English Dictionary - the authoritative guide to the English language - may only be available online. Oxford University Press, ...

Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years. They thought they'd reach "Z" in that time — but gathering definitions for hundreds of thousands of ...

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 ...

Dictionaries have been part of British life since at least 1604, when Robert Cawdrey’s A Table Alphabeticall was published. Containing around 3,000 words and their definitions, Cawdrey hoped it would ...

There's no one conclusive answer. But that doesn't mean people haven't tried to find one. While most books live by the standard, front-cover-to-back-cover consumption format, dictionaries (and other ...

The 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary is the bibliophile's equivalent to the movie geek's high-end home theater setup. It's a mighty, totem-like symbol of mystical multiple-shelf-spanning ...

Maria Beatrice Giovanardi says the Oxford Dictionary of English results for "woman" are sexist — and at least 30,000 people agree with her. The London-based marketing consultant and women's rights ...