Some of the words are cutesy (kerfuffle, jubilee). Others are onomatopoeic, with a similar sound to the idea they’re describing (meow, clink, squeak). Some are bizarre sounding (for example, syzygy: ...

It was officially recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2016. According to OED, the word lepak means "to ...

Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years. They thought they'd reach "Z" in that time — but gathering definitions for hundreds of thousands of ...

(CBS) - Writers and editors no longer have to feel guilty for using words like "retweet" and "sexting" in earnest. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary has officially enter these words into English ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognized on Wednesday. The ...

In its most recent update, the Oxford English Dictionary added more than 1,000 words to its catalogue, including “YOLO,” “scrumdiddlyumptious,” and -- in a less silly move -- “gender-fluid.” The ...

Justice Antonin Scalia called on using old-time language on Thursday to express his contempt for the Supreme Court's ruling in favor of Obamacare. He called the majority opinion "jiggery pokery" and ...

The Oxford English Dictionary, currently a 20 volume, 750-pound monstrosity, has been the authoritive word on the words of the English language for 126 years. The OED3, the first new edition since ...

William Chester Minor opened his eyes and gazed sleepily at the figure of a man looming over the foot of his bed. The intruder, who had been hiding in Minor’s attic during daylight, had slithered from ...

Upon learning that the Oxford English Dictionary was going to be released on CD-ROM for the Mac, I pre-ordered it from Amazon.com for $244 back in December (list price $295, currently $212). Due to ...

Oxford University Press has changed the definition of the word "woman" in its dictionaries after an online petition called on them to remove "sexist" language. Oxford lexicographers examined ...