There is no single word yet for “unending series of disastrous events” but 2020 should fit the bill.

New words to depict a Covid-19-struck world are becoming a quarantrend.

Confusion over comestible or combustible will reign until diplo-linguists step in.

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is becoming increasingly common.

The old job may well have been crappy but the holiday after dumping it need not be couched in such judgemental terms.

Mr Yadav, a father of three school-goers, obviously feels that the same applies to examinations, where a total ban on the widespread practi...

All those with a penchant for neologisms should keep this important distinction in mind when formulating and laying claim to catchwords and...

‘Throwing shade’ (another contender for 2016’s top word, meaning public expression of contempt) will surely be deemed by some to be but an ...

Some of the neologisms produced by this very French mingling of tongues would just as easily find a place in the patois of Britain.

There seems to be a chance that English speakers and readers will be left behind by the language of their choice even if they have an insta...

That is not to say English is not enriched by such evocative words as awesomesauce, manspreading and brain fart, but they do appear to be b...

The retention of the first letter as M itself marks a certain lingering love for tradition that in coming years may be deemed too patriarch...

Even a casual perusal of a normal — read, oversized — unabridged dictionary reveals a wealth of words that are exceptionally appropriate fo...

Comic books have become something of a cult hobby in the west — akin, perhaps to what stamp-collecting was for preceding generations.

The dictionary would somehow seem incomplete today without our beloved omnishambles, geek chic or, dare we say, twerking, which have recent...

The need for snarky shorthand and catchy alliteration is manifest as microblogging is now an important tool of political communication.

Sarah Palin wants any media attention she can get.