A critic faulted Webster’s Third in the 1960s for its “extreme tolerance of crude neologisms.” Similar complaints abound in ...

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

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

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

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

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", ...

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

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 ...

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.

Henry W. Fowler believed he knew how sentences should read—and his judgments have shaped The New Yorker’s style for a century ...

Manuel Da Luz Gonçalves, founder and owner of Mili Mila Incorporated in Roxbury and author of two Cabo Verdean Creole ...

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 ...