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 ...

What does the o in o’clock stand for?The punctuation mark after the o and before the clock signifies that something is ...

Now that you know why ghosts say “boo,” find out a few regional terms for spirits and haunts that you might want to work into ...

You can now raise a glass to 10 new Welsh words in the Oxford English Dictionary - including the phrase for cheers. Iechyd da, which means good health and is said before having a drink ...

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 ...

The word “academic” derives from Plato’s Academy, which he founded on ground that was named after the legendary Greek hero Academos, or Hekademos. And academic was someone who taught or studied at the ...

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 dictionary has ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has included popular Kenyan Kiswahili terms like kitu kidogo and panya route in its latest update Kitu kidogo, a phrase used locally to refer to bribes or small ...

Dictionary Day is celebrated in the United States on October 16 th in honor of Noah Webster’s birthday.

When was the first English dictionary written and who wrote it? How old is the oldest known dictionary? These were the sort of questions third grade students were asked Friday when they were presented ...

The Jewish-English Lexicon, run by The Jewish Language ... Specifically, “the Yiddish zhlob meaning ‘boor, brute’.” Yiddish dictionaries often define “schlub” as a “hick, yokel ...

From Tory grandees to the odd member of the landed gentry, the list of Oxford chancellors can at times read like a who’s who of the UK’s storied past. Some of the most famous figures in ...