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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ten new Welsh terms have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including the phrase for cheers. Iechyd da - which means good health and is said before having a drink - is included as part ...

The widely-used Chinese phrase “add oil!” is now officially in the Oxford English Dictionary, because there just isn’t a better translation for the sentiment. Originating chiefly from Hong ...

Baker, William 2023. XVIIIBibliography, Textual Criticism, and Reference Works. The Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 101, Issue. 1, p. 1339. Kostadinova ...

Oxford University Press (OUP) announced the launch of a trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary on Friday, aimed at ...

Dictionary Day on October 16 celebrates the birth of Noah Webster, an American writer who was born in 1758. Webster is best-known for publishing the first dictionary in 1806, which he continued to ...

Svartvik, Jan 2008. Review of Algeo (2006): British or American English? A Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns. Language Problems and Language Planning, Vol. 32, Issue. 1, p. 91. Peters, Pam 2008.

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Ten Welsh words have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, it has been announced. The OED is updated quarterly with new words, senses and revisions to entries ...