National Thesaurus Day, on January 18th, honors Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day ...

Happy New Year, Scrolling in the Deepers! It’s 2025, which marks the official start of Generation Beta, ushering in the ...

David Smyth joined team RW to experience the first UK Ekiden and delves into the history, culture and significance of the long-distance relay race format, which is the centrepiece of Japanese running ...

“Hack,” “impact,” “slay,” “iconic,” and “rizz” dominated Lake Superior State University’s 2024 list of banished words. This ...

The Oxford University Press uses lexicographers —people who author dictionaries — to track which words or phrases were most used and that most reflect the last 12 months. Brain rot’s usage increased ...

22 Nigerian words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary in the latest update.

Words that made the short list for word of the year included brat and resilience which still mean what they’ve always meant. Then there were the “new” words which included ecotarian (someone who ...

Dudes, dudines and dudettes of Australia, we need to talk about border security. Our long-time frenemies—the Americans (hey ...

The news broke out this week, which is being widely circulated, that the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has included a new set of 22 Nigerian words in its dictionary. This was acknowledged and ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

Words indigenous to Nigeria such as 'Japa', 'Agbero', 'Suya', 'Abi' and others have now found a home in the latest published update of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The updated published ...