English language expert shares 7 words 'people don't know are acronyms'
Linguistics expert Laurie Knox has taken to TikTok to list seven common word from the English language that many didn't ...
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These are the 22 more Nigerian words added to the Oxford English Dictionary
The new words depict an average Nigerian's daily life, as well as the strong street mannerisms and Pidgin English ...
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Kindness named Oxford Children's Word of the Year
'Kindness' has been named as Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024, while 'slay' and 'skibidi' have been named among ...
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Children vote for 'kindness' as Oxford Word of the Year
'Kindness' is children's most popular word of 2024, according to Oxford University Press (OUP). Sixty one per cent of children voted for 'kindness', 25 per cent opted for 'artificial intelligence' and ...
An Irishman at Oxford: It was an education in being an outsider. I felt alienated from the very start
Studying English literature at the University of Oxford as an Irish undergraduate was an education in being an outsider. I ...
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More Nigerian and Ghanaian Words Make it into the Oxford Dictionary
Five years after the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 29 Nigerian loanwords, 20 more terms from Nigeria and Ghana have been included. The Nigerian entries include popular items like suya ...
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Nineteen States Have Passed Laws Relating to Cellphones in Schools. Is Texas Next?
Several bills introduced this legislative session attempt to remedy the problem, including HB 1258, which would require ...
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Brett Ellis looks at the lists for 'word of the year'
Brett Ellis is unimpressed with the 'word of year' lists Cambridge, the dictionary, not the place, chose ‘manifest’ which is imagining something will make it happen.
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Classical giant
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new ...