Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on ...

The Oxford English Dictionary is what’s called a historical dictionary. Along with definitions, it includes evidence of a word’s origins and notes how its usage and meaning have changed over time.

Shoogly, skooshy, beamer and bummer are among 13 new entries added by editors at the OED.

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A new research collaboration between Harvard University and Oxford University Press aims to compile the first fully-formed dictionary of African American English.

Back in 2013, as part of a quarterly online update, the Oxford Dictionary added the word “twerk” to its collection. The addition came after Miley Cyrus’ widely discussed performance at the ...

An exclusive look at a dictionary consisting entirely of words created or reinvented by Black people. (Don’t worry: All three variants of “bussin” are included.) By Sandra E. Garcia In a ...

The Oxford English Dictionary calls itself “the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.” ...

The Dictionary People. By Sarah Ogilvie. Knopf; 384 pages; $30. Chatto & Windus; £20. I n July 1915 an ailing James Murray (pictured), one of the early editors of the Oxford English Dictionary ...

An Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. (Caleb Jones/AP) By Herb Scribner. Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is more than a century old, ...

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.