Back in grade school, words like "onomatopoeia" and "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" seemed insanely complicated and long. Surprisingly, neither of these is the ...

The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world create new words. It borrows expressions from other cultures or changes the ...

The dictionary isn’t forever. Here’s the lowdown on why certain words are not in the dictionary and how they got removed. If you, too, have been left puzzled by words not in the dictionary—even ones ...

Oxford Dictionary had added Nigerian words like nyash, amala and mammy market, reflecting the growing global influence of ...

The Oxford English Dictionary has expanded its lexicon with the addition of 24 Nigerian words and expressions such as “nyash, ...

Which word has the most definitions in the English language? Here's a hint: the word is only three letters long, can be a noun or a verb, and has more than 600 senses (or meanings), according to the ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word 'Run' holds 645 distinct meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary’s upcoming ...

Three little letters, 645 meanings. Imagine you’re a dictionary editor. For eight hours a day, five days a week, every week until the heat death of the universe or the day human beings stop speaking ...