'Goblin mode' - the new Oxford word of 2022 - shows that we are so done with pre-pandemic social normsOnce you go goblin, you never go back!
06 Dec, 2022, 11.03 AM IST
In a first, people from across the world to vote to choose Oxford Word of the Year 2022"2022 has been a year defined by opening back up. However, although we have finally been able to physically reunite and come together again...
22 Nov, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
Pandemic rules the 'word of the year' title for most dictionariesThe coronavirus pandemic brought on gargantuan language changes.
01 Dec, 2020, 08.43 AM IST
Collins Dictionary picks 'lockdown' as Word of the Year, thanks to the pandemic'Coronavirus', 'social distancing', 'self-isolate' and 'furlough' were included in the list.
10 Nov, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Accept unusual words, irregardless: If they are understood, their inclusion in dictionaries should be irrelentlessMany similarly obscure and seemingly illogical words have been inducted into dictionaries already.
09 Jul, 2020, 08.11 AM IST
Covid-19 has infected global vocabularyTwo currently popular pandemic-related acronyms, WFH and PPE, have even pushed aside domestic Indian front-runners such as CAA and NRC.
06 May, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
Did you know 'satoshi', latest entry in Oxford, could be a tribute to bitcoin creator?Satoshi has been cited in respected newspapers like the Guardian in 2013.
24 Oct, 2019, 07.10 PM IST
A look at the evolution of tipping cultureThe concept of giving staff a small amount of money to appreciate good service becomes prevalent in English mansions
01 Dec, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
Have you looked up 'complicit' online? Your search made it the word of the yearLook-ups of the word increased nearly 300% over last year.
28 Nov, 2017, 06.59 PM IST
'Fake news' beats 'gender-fluid', 'fidget spinner' to become 2017's word of the yearThe use of 'fake news' registered a 365 per cent rise in the last 12 months.
02 Nov, 2017, 06.21 PM IST
Google celebrates British lexicographer Samuel Johnson's 308th birthday with a doodleAlso called Dr Johnson, he was a poet, moralist, literary critic, essayist, lexicographer, biographer and an editor as well.
18 Sep, 2017, 03.11 PM IST
This Indian food item is the latest to be added in the Oxford English DictionaryChana and Chana Dal were a part of vast list of more than 600 other words and phrases.
28 Jun, 2017, 11.40 AM IST
Surreal: Merriam Webster’s word of 2016The original meaning of surreal comes from Surrealism, the artistic movement of the early 20th century.
20 Dec, 2016, 02.45 PM IST
Rev Ferdinand Kittel: This German missionary's Lex appeal remains till dateHe travelled the length and breadth of Karnataka for more than two decades. Then he compiled the first Kannada-to-English dictionary, in 18...
20 Oct, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi served to bring the wonders of mathsA felicity with numbers not only gets as many headlines and as much TV time as the next celebrity, but movies feature in the equation too.
23 Apr, 2013, 12.05 PM IST
- Internet phasing out printed Oxford Dictionary
In future, the Oxford English Dictionary may only be available online.
30 Aug, 2010, 12.49 AM IST
- Internet wiping out printed Oxford Dictionary
The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary says waning demand for printed versions means that the authoritative guide to the English la...
29 Aug, 2010, 04.26 PM IST