The Oxford English Dictionary first cites the use of the term foodie in a 1980 story by New York Magazine restaurant critic ...

Oxford University Press Launches Trilingual Sanskrit-Hindi-English Dictionary - Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched a ...

Oragious (pronounced or-AY-juhss) is an English borrowing of the French word orageux, meaning stormy or tempestuous.

The “camel toe” has reportedly made a major comeback, this time with a modern new name after being dubbed “crotch cleavage” ...

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.

Hello there from the United Kingdom! My name is Grace Nelson, and I am happy to welcome you to my new column, “The Oxford ...

The full Hunter's Moon rises over Michigan this month. Here's how to view the supermoon. And don't miss out on multiple meteor showers.

The first of the words was estrenar, from Spanish and meaning “to wear or use or do for the first time.” Jack Tuttle, of Hyde ...

America is always on the verge of finally having "honest government." Of course, what passes for “honest government” is a ...

The V.I.P., a very important or influential person, can engender feelings of awe in those around him or her. What are some of ...

And as part of fantasy lore, dragons have been around for thousands of years. The first mention of dragons is thought to be ...

The Oxford English Dictionary defines euphemism in its veddy English diction as a “figure of speech which consists in the substitution of a word or expression of comparatively favourable ...