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Displaying all articles tagged:
Oxford English Dictionary
summer hits
July 20, 2021
The Misunderstood Cultural History of City Girls’ ‘Twerkulator’
One that even the Oxford English Dictionary got wrong, as Dr. Kyra Gaunt explains on this episode of
Switched on Pop
.
By
Charlie Harding
and
Nate Sloan
oxford english dictionary
June 1, 2017
Stan, a Word Originally Coined by Eminem, Has Now Been Added to the Dictionary
Congratulations to the Beyhive, Rihanna Navy, Pine Nuts, Beliebers, and Barbz alike.
By
Hunter Harris
new entries
Apr. 16, 2017
Doctor Who
’s Sonic Screwdriver Added to the
Oxford English Dictionary
TARDIS
is already in there.
By
Emma Barrie
big words
June 25, 2015
Wait,
Cisgender
Wasn’t in the Oxford English Dictionary Already?
It’s a surprise to see it among gimmicky additions like
sext
and
half-ass
.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
rejections
Nov. 18, 2014
The Oxford Dictionaries Considered
Normcore
They went, as people do, with
vape
.
By
Maggie Lange
the c word
Mar. 14, 2014
Welcome to the Dictionary,
C-nty
!
Oh cunty day!
By
Allison P. Davis
selfies
Nov. 19, 2013
Selfie is 2013’s Word of the Year
Twerk, binge-watch, and bitcoin were short-listed.
By
Maggie Lange
brocabulary
Oct. 9, 2013
Exploring the Etymology of ‘Bro’
Courtesy of Oxford.
By
Erica Schwiegershausen
dictionaries
Aug. 29, 2010
Will the Internet Kill the Oxford English Dictionary?
The print version, at least.
By
Josh Duboff