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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

'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.

Oxford Dictionaries Online has added Twittersphere to its listing of words, along with technology oriented acronyms like ZOMG and NSFW. Nearly half of the 35 new entries have their origins in ...

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 ...