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Do you speak elephant? With this new dictionary, you
An ambitious repertoire of elephant behaviors and vocalizations offers amazing insight into their minds and culture - and could help…
“Vax” named word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has revealed its word of the year for 2021: vax, with usage 72 times higher than last year.The dictionary noted a significant increase in the number of vaccine-related words and phrases over the past 12…
Korean words make their mark in the Oxford English Dictionary
Squid Game manicure sets are available worldwide in Malaysian salon.Credit:GettyAs huge as the hallyu is, the Oxford also drank a Caribbean salmagundi, the other big flavor of the September expedition. Lime, say, means slow down, an…
Fluffernutter has been officially added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, along with papa bod and…
The influence of the New England sweet marshmallow concoction, also known as Fluff, has become more official.Merriam-Webster announced on Wednesday that the word fluffernutter has been added to the dictionary, defined as "a peanut butter…
‘Fluffernutter’ is officially in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Other additions include papa bod, vaccine passport and whataboutism.
Fluffernutter has…
National Dictionary Day: Surprising Facts About The Resource Book
Saturday is National Dictionary Day and what better way to celebrate than to learn some facts about the reference book? The United States celebrates National Dictionary Day on October 16 each year in honor of the birthday of Noah Webster,…
Humor by Rehana Munir: D is for dictionary
One of the sweetest pleasures in life is finding an old love. I'm currently enjoying the rebirth of one of those romances, with a well-dressed Oxford charmer whose linguistic brilliance reduces me to a cheerful idiot. I now know what a…
Anti-vaxxer, willy-waver and Wagwan among new Oxford dictionary words – see list
Long Covid, snackette and bath bombs are also among the new entries in the Oxford English Dictionary but it is the pandemic that has had a big effect on the language this yearAnti-vaccine protests at Clapham Common (Image: Ian Vogler /…
Launch of the very first South African language dictionary Kaaps – why it matters
It has been around since the 1500s but the Kaaps language, synonymous with Cape Town in South Africa, has never had a dictionary until now. The trilingual dictionary of Kaaps has been spear by a collective of academic and community actors…
Mike Richards mocked Dictionary’s Twitter account after Jeopardy! saga
Mike Richards was mocked by Dictionary.com's Twitter account after he stepped down from his role as Danger! host.The Twitter profile, which has nearly 400,000 followers, posted: “'Jeopardy' is a name meaning 'peril or…
Family tries to enter dictionary to ‘orbisculate’ to honor father who died from Covid-19
“I was trying to tell people about my dad and how really funny, creative and very original he was and could still see the humor and the bright side of the situation. I kept coming back to the word orbisculate as a way to…
What’s the word for a word that sends you to the dictionary?
Sanguine. Bathos. Calming. You know these words, but do you really know them? Just like the timid and the palimpsest. Clear and elongated. Bucolic and sequestration. Welcome to the slippery realm of lapsonyms, those words that…