Words from the Isle of Man for a traditional open-hearth fireplace, an outside toilet and friendly conversation or chat are ...

A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its latest update. Fin Gough and Sioned Cray, ...

The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region. The longest word is “carry-go-bring-come." It dates from 1825 and means gossip ...

Justice Antonin Scalia called on using old-time language on Thursday to express his contempt for the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Obamacare. He called the majority opinion "jiggery pokery" and ...

Great news, everyone! The Oxford English Dictionary has finally — finally — added a verb form to its definition of “clatfart.” That’s right. The noun we all love, meaning “gossip,” is now also a verb ...

The lion’s share of terms of Korean origin have been added within the last four years, with a total of 48 Korean loanwords now listed in the OED ...

The English language, like all of us, has had to adapt rapidly and repeatedly this year. Our team of expert lexicographers have captured and analyzed this lexical data every step of the way. As our ...

Unprecedented times beget unprecedented updates to the English language. That’s the major takeaway from the Oxford University Press — the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) — in its ...

Puff on this: Oxford Dictionaries just crowned “vape” the Word of the Year! There was some stiff competition for what would take the top spot, but 2014 belonged to the verb used to describe inhaling ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has been unable to name its traditional word of the year for 2020, instead, exploring how far and how quickly the language has developed this year. "It quickly ...

The year 2020 has been so unprecedented that a single word can’t be used to sum it up, officials with Oxford English Dictionary announced Monday. In lieu of its usual word of the year announcement, ...