The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more ...

"Twerk" has been added to Oxford Dictionaries Online — and the world can thank Miley Cyrus for making it happen. Quartz broke the news on Tuesday, announcing that the Oxford University Press, which ...

Too bad there isn't an "emoji" that can properly depict the look on grammar gurus' faces when they find out that the word "twerk" has been added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online (ODO). It would ...

The Internet is in an uproar today over the reported news that twerk and selfie (not to mention other slang like srsly, vom, and TL;DR), have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Everywhere ...

If the weekend's Miley Cyrus performance at the VMA's and the ensuing mainstream media coverage wasn't enough, here's your final signal that twerking has officially crossed over: The Oxford English ...

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