Oxford English Dictionary adds seven new Korean words including ‘dalgona’ and ‘tteokbokki’ - This is the first time since ...

Do you sometimes wonder whether ‘data’ should be pronounced as dEYta or dAta? It could be the data we gather in the course of research ...

My collection of books, newspapers and other stuff has been growing very satisfactorily, despite the hopes of executives who ...

Headline writers have settled on 'awkward' to describe the Jan. 6 election certification — but is that the right word?

The UK Scrabble Open returns to Reading, marking the first use of a revised dictionary. From January 3-10, the event, organised by the Association of British Scrabble Players (ABSP), will take place ...

Kamal’s dictionary was completed 100 years ago, earning him the title Pasha, awarded by King Fouad. However, he died shortly ...

Dictionary of Fine Distinctions merits study at your leisure. Burnstein describes his little volume as “Nuances, Niceties, ...

This Word of the Year (WOTY) has been chosen every year since at least 1990. According to Dictionary.com, “These words serve ...

The first UK Open Scrabble Championships to take place in five years have begun. The seven-day event is playing host to about ...

By Roger J. Kreuz Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that’s ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said its name can be pronounced with either an “aitch” or a “haitch” because it respects ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said its name can be pronounced with either an “aitch” or a “haitch” because it respects ...