As we anticipated the release of Spotify Wrapped, the Oxford English Dictionary has revealed what trendy word has been crowned 2024's word of the year. Oxford University Press, which publishes the ...

There are few books in the world that most people have heard of. There are even fewer so recognizable that are 500,000 words long. That’s right, we’re talking about the dictionary. The Oxford English ...

There are already many nominations for 2024's word of the year. The right pick is the name of the world's most controversial ...

"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" is one of the oldest and most popular Christmas carols, originating from 16th-century England.

Each December, the Oxford English Dictionary releases its word of the year, an effort to identify the word or phrase that ...

Discover how ancient languages, pagan traditions, and Christian influences shaped the names Yule, Noel, and Christmas into ...

The Oxford University Press has chosen its word of the year, one word that's been popularized on social media: “brain rot.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines Brain Rot as the deterioration of a ...

My mates say ‘haitch’. But, dear reader, I’m here to tell you: it’s ‘aitch’,” wrote Mr Rajan. The linguistic history of the ...

As Americans engage in post-Christmas sales on December 26, other countries are celebrating a holiday with its own unique ...

This Jewish holiday, also known as the festival of lights, celebrates the Maccabean revolt against the Syrian-Greek army. The ...

In a sign of the times, 2024 whizzed by in the instant it took for a bullet to travel 150 yards from a rooftop through a ...

The words we choose often reflect the world we’re living in, and as 2024 draws to a close, the Oxford English Dictionary has revealed a Word of the Year that ca ...