Words get new meanings while losing old ones. 24/7 Tempo used the Oxford University and Dictionary.com collaboration Lexico.com’s list of Archaic Words That Used To Be Common In English to ...

Each year, the lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) update the prestigious tome with new ... 20% of emoji use in the United States and the U.K. If you’d like to submit a word ...

Commonly Confused Words: Have you ever used the word access where you should have used excess? Or Have you got confused about which to use-affect or effect? Well, don’t worry as this is not unusual.

Merriam-Webster is the oldest dictionary-publishing company in America and Friday was a day of expansion for the English language. The company released the addition of 690 new words and meanings ...

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The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize ...