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

A sampling of 10 new terms that received official status. — -- Word lovers rejoice! Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 entries to its dictionary on Tuesday, with terms from all corners of the ...

As long as you can master English, you can spend more conveniently on overseas trips, and since TOEIC scores are one of the criteria for job hunting and career change, the number of people who want to ...

You can now officially describe your Saturday nights as "binge-watching" extravaganzas, discuss the merits of "ghosting," refer to our leaders as "SCOTUS" and "FLOTUS," and devour a "macaron" as your ...

‘Moobs’ and ‘gender-fluid’ are among more than 1,000 new words and phrases in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary - along with ‘Westminster bubble.’ Gender-fluid, an adjective first ...

The Oxford English Dictionary added over 1,100 new entries in its January 2018 update. Wordsmiths the world over now have the official go-ahead to use ransomware, EULA, and mansplain, which should ...

Border collies are known for their high level of intelligence. But Chaser has proved herself as the undoubted top dog after learning to understand 1,000 words - plus a smattering of English grammar.

Ten Welsh words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The OED is a big historical database, which contains more than 500,000 words, phrases and their meanings, from over 1000 years ...