The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has officially added a collection of Nigerian English words, reflecting the cultural richness and unique expressions of Nigeria Dr. Kingsley Ugwuanyi ...

Goodbye, "goblin mode." Hello, "rizz." Folks, we've done it again — as a collective, we've pushed the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary into making a slang term its word of the year.

That's 2024′s word of the year according to Oxford University Press, the Oxford English Dictionary's publisher. For those uninitiated, brain rot is a popular term within internet culture ...

“Twerk,” “Selfie,” and “Emoji” Are Now In The Oxford Dictionaries Online Forty-three new Internet culture-steeped words have joined the Oxford Dictionaries Online, including terms like ...

Each year, the Oxford Dictionary does us the kind favour of naming a Word of the Year, to keep everybody up to date with the newest expressions that are taking over our day-to-day vernacular in ...

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Deborah Cameron, Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University, explains that modern dictionaries aim to record how language is actually used by people, and are based on a huge ...