Miley Cyrus isn't responsible, though this week she certainly did introduce a lot of us old folks to "twerking": "Twerk" is one of several dozen words or phrases that Oxford Dictionaries Online has ...

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 ...

Like in previous periods of instability, people made up new words and phrases to keep up with a rapidly changing situation. 6 COVID-19 terms that would have made no sense in January These words and ...

Gary Price reports that “Google” is now officially a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary. Google already is a verb in some other dictionaries, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is considered ...

Oxford English Dictionary could soon include gender-neutral title ‘Mx’ The Oxford English Dictionary is considering adding “Mx.” to its next edition as a gender-neutral alternative to “Mr.,” “Ms.” and ...