In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores how words become enshrined in the dictionary and whether the book maker can keep up with the evolution of language.

The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary debuted in 1888; it was missing the word “bondmaid.” It took 50 years to include it.

Exploring the evolution of dictionaries in the digital age and the enduring value of printed dictionaries in language ...

The word was coined in the 1930s, probably by the president of the National Puzzlers’ League, “in imitation of polysyllabic medical terms,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, “but occurring ...

The words we say can influence how others receive our message and how they perceive us. Author Stefan Fatsis explores the ...

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 ...

An excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the academic elite to create a foundation for our vocabulary. Every item on this page was chosen by a Town ...

Words from the Isle of Man for a traditional open-hearth fireplace, an outside toilet and friendly conversation or chat are among the latest to be added to the Oxford English Dictionary. "Chollagh", ...

"Just how far removed we had already become from Britain even in the nineteenth century was not well understood in the mother country," begins an essay in the first pages of the Canadian Oxford ...

A word which baffled the producers of the latest series of Race Across the World is among 10 Welsh words to be added to the ...

The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region ...

Aurelijus Zykas’ curiosity in distant languages led him to buy a Japanese dictionary. What eventually followed was a brush ...