New Oxford American Dictionary is the first of several Oxford University Press dictionaries Handmark will offer to iPhone and iPod touch users, including the Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has about 600,000 entries ... and an officer at the American Dialect Society. "The word bear, b-e-a-r -- is that two words or one, for example?

In 1889, the first bra, the “corselet gorge,” was born in France when Herminie Cadolle cut a corset into two separate pieces.

ransomware and hangry are among more than 1,000 words that have been added to the latest Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Also included are initialisms used on the online parenting forum Mumsnet ...

Fam can mean relatives, close friends or members of a group Fam and nothingburger are among almost 350 new words added to the latest Oxford English Dictionary ... often in American hip-hop ...

In the] UK – we call it Autumn, from the French word ‘autompne’, and later, the Latin ‘autumnus’,” begins a now-infamous ...

What is it called when you take from the rich and give to the poor? Naturally, you want to search for the term "Robin Hood," which is in the Oxford American English Dictionary. People who steal from ...

According to Oxford University Press [OUP], which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary [OED], it is defined as style, charm, or attractiveness, and the ability to attract a romantic or sexual ...

Ten new Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, including the phrase for cheers. The BBC's Harriet Morgan looks at some of the new words and their pronunciation. They also ...

The word ‘Senedd’ has been added to the English Oxford Dictionary, along with another nine Welsh words recognised for their ...

What happens in Israel has a direct impact on the everyday life of Jewish communities around the world. The simplistic ...

Many of us have ordered shots at a bar without thinking twice about it. As for where that name comes from, though, there's no ...