The venerable Oxford English Dictionary is planning to go online only, but the move is both too late and too early. It's too late to make a dent in the Web universe, and too early for it to build a ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. It’s spring, and a young lexicographer’s fancy turns to … love of new words. Many dictionaries update online periodically ...

Despite recent reports that the next edition of the 126-year-old Oxford English Dictionary (OED) could be online-only, leading bookseller Agenda Bookshop said dictionary sales in Malta are still good.

The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world ...

OMG! The exclamatory online abbreviation has won the approval of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term – short for “Oh my God” or “Oh my gosh” – is one of dozens of new entries in the authoritative ...

Well, most are pretty self-explanatory—"bestie (n.): a person's best friend; a very close friend"—while some may surprise you, like "honky-tonker (n.): a person who owns, works in, or frequents a ...

Image caption, The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published in 1928 TV show Countdown has announced that its "Dictionary Corner" will use the online version of the Oxford ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) announced on Oct. 9 that it added the word “Satoshi,” Bitcoin’s (BTC) smallest unit. In the update published on the firm’s blog, OED notes that the word is the most ...

The Internet is in an uproar today over the reported news that twerk and selfie (not to mention other slang like srsly, vom, and TL;DR), have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Everywhere ...