Especially with texting being such a staple in today’s communication, abbreviations, contractions, and other words that just don’t sound as if they possibly could be considered legitimate have become ...

Nigerian English words have recently been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), but there is still a debate in the country about what constitutes proper English, as the BBC's Nduka Orjinmo ...

A quarter century since we learned about ‘carbon footprints’, researchers say it’s time to change the conversation. View on ...

The noblest of all dictionaries is officially called the Oxford English Dictionary, but is more familiar to scholars all over the world as the 'New English Dictionary.' Based on thirty years ...

Vax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, with double-vaxxed ...

As the award celebrates its 20th anniversary, Fiona McPherson, a senior editor in the New Words team of the Oxford English ...

Ten new Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including the phrase for cheers. The BBC's Harriet Morgan looks at some of the new words and their pronunciation. They also ...

Panya route and kitu kidogo are among the newest entries in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) for 2024. Panya route is defined as "a secret path or roundabout route, especially one used for ...

The Hebrew Language Academy has the final word on what is and what isn't correct in Hebrew vocabulary, grammar, writing, ...

That the Labour backbench is not a drawer filled with especially sharp knives is a fact becoming clearer by the day. There’s ...

“We do not know how eels procreate,” Danielle Giles tells me over video call from her home in Bristol. Although eels are not ...

Here’s our final installment of our look at the Sony Walkman, which was introduced on July 1, 1979. The name “Walkman” was ...