Among its other additions are 'bitcoin,' 'cake pop' and 'space tourism.' Aug. 28, 2013— -- Dictionaries can have personalities too. The Oxford English Dictionary, which only recently accepted ...

The Polaroid of the 21st century, better known as a "selfie," has taken social media by storm. And now it's taking the English language too. The publishers of the Oxford Dictionaries announced ...

'Twerk' Sashays Into Oxford's Online Dictionary, 'Srsly' : The Two-Way The dance move that many older folks first heard about this week thanks to Miley Cyrus is now officially defined. Seriously.

Angus Stevenson, Head of Content Development at Oxford Dictionaries, explains the transition: “By using Oxford Dictionaries Online, Countdown’s contestants will have access to the most up-to ...

The Pope posed for this picture with youngsters in August, with the resulting selfie going viral "Selfie" has been named as word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries. The word has evolved from a ...

Oxford Dictionaries made history on Monday by announcing that their “Word of the Year” would not be one of those old-fashioned, string-of-letters-type words at all. The flag their editors are ...

New terms in the updated Oxford Dictionaries Online: Twerk, v.: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance. Selfie, n.

Forty-three new Internet culture-steeped words have joined the Oxford Dictionaries Online, including terms like "phablet," "FOMO," and "selfie." TL;DR: The end is nigh.

The terms “selfie” and “twerk”, are among a list of new expressions added to Oxford Dictionaries Online. Britain's Oxford Dictionaries said the dance move, recently displayed by US pop ...

Judy Pearsall, editorial director for Oxford Dictionaries, said: "Social media sites helped to popularise the term, with the hashtag #selfie appearing on the photo-sharing website Flickr as early ...