I used to work upstairs as an editor on the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and I was filling in time ... I carefully picked it up and removed the ribbon that held the stiff black covers together, and ...

Launches trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English dictionary in partnership withUttar Pradesh Sanskrit Sansthanam (UPSS) New Delhi: ...

The “push poll” is an underhanded political tactic designed to evade campaign finance reporting laws. The Oxford Dictionary accurately describes a push poll as “an ostensible opinion poll in which ...

In 1889, the first bra, the “corselet gorge,” was born in France when Herminie Cadolle cut a corset into two separate pieces.

Jeremy Corbyn was said to have benefited from a "youthquake" after a surge in support from millennials Oxford Dictionaries has deemed "youthquake" the 2017 word of the year, reflecting what it ...

A selection of Welsh words and terms have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary as part of its latest update. Editors say the 10 Welsh words and phrases have been included as they have been ...

Williams said, “As an artist, who was literally born and raised in the shadow, where the African diaspora expanded into the ...

Polar bears aren't white, strawberries aren't berries, and the Earth isn't round—we'll have you rethinking everything you ...

According to NASA, the first known written use of the name "Harvest Moon" in the English language was in 1706, per the Oxford English Dictionary ... does not entirely cover – the surface ...

To many, Walz’s use of the word misspoke came across as an attempt to weasel out of what was at best an embellishment and at worst an outright lie.

BRUSSELS--Twenty-three Japanese words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary for the March ... It runs to more than 20,000 pages and covers 20 volumes. Among the more puzzling new entries ...

The term “waka jumper” has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The colloquial phrase, which is used almost exclusively in New Zealand politics, is among several new words the ...