"Retweet" is one of the new words being added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, reports The Telegraph. Other words include "sexting" and "woot" -- words that show the influence of technology ...

As the Concise Oxford English Dictionary celebrates its centenary, Channel 4 News speaks to the editor about how words such as mankini, woot, and jeggings make it onto its pages. It’s one of the best ...

A woman came up to me with a handsome, black and white, speckled cocker spaniel in tow. "Freckles barks all of the time," she said, indicating the dog beside her. "I know he's trying to communicate ...

Frank's brother Henry caused a stir in Rocquaine with his jogging outfit Research has revealed that one of the brothers who edited the first Concise Oxford Dictionary failed to find work as head of ...

The Irish language, like all other modern languages changes with the times, reflecting how it is being used by its speakers. The latest terms added to the Concise English-Irish Dictionary are the ...

(1) IT is curious that so many industrious JL persons have issued, in the course of the last eighty years, one-sided dictionaries of Kafir (Xosa) dialect of the great Zulu language, and that no one ...