I met Merl Reagle for the first time at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT) back in 2015. We didn’t talk for long ...
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 ...
It says something about the past year when the people who put out the Oxford Dictionary chose “brain rot” as the words of ...
HERE is a wordy Saints quiz with a difference – one that will test your knowledge of past players with the clues provided by the Oxford ...
The Oxford University Press has chosen its word of the year, one word that's been popularized on social media.
The Finns have a word for a very specific adjunct to Jomo. Kalsarikännit is the joy of drinking on your own, at home, and in ...
We interviewed four young adults about this topic, and asked what for them is the closest approximation to a personal ...
Their evolving slang reflects an ecosystem of pop culture references, viral memes and internet subcultures. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said its name can be pronounced with either an “aitch” or a “haitch” because it respects ...
It puts the tax body at odds with the Cambridge Dictionary, whose online pronunciation guide advises that the word HMRC ...
In a conversation with young adults about brain rot and polarization– Oxford and Merriam-Webster's respective picks– they ...
It's been a long old year. Unless, of course, you decided to go large and have a brat summer. The rest of us either struggled ...