What would be your Word of the Year for 2013? - 0 views
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Jenni Young on 03 Dec 13From Oxford Dictionary blog: Word Trends and New Words
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The rise of the portmanbro - 0 views
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How an abbreviation of brother became a word-forming dynamo (from Oxford Dictionary blog: Word trends and new words
How language is literally losing its meaning - 1 views
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The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair
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The Oxford English Dictionary has accepted a new definition for the word literally - and it's not the only word changing beyond recognition. It's enough to, like, make one despair (Blog)
Infographic: a closer look at 'selfie' - 0 views
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From Oxford Dictionary blog: Word Trends and New Words
And the Word of the Year Is... Selfie! : The New Yorker - 0 views
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Silvia Killingsworth explores the history and culture surrounding the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013: "selfie" (blog)
Beijing's call to ban foreign words in Chinese media meets with mocking satire | South... - 0 views
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The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.
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The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.
Stephen Fry shares his love of language in Fry's Planet Word - 0 views
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Review of TV series Planet Word
A Language of Conflict, and Peace - 0 views
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Words' plain English meanings are politicized, distorted or undermined in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle (New York Times)
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Words' plain English meanings are politicized, distorted or undermined in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian struggle (New York Times)
Selfie is Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year - 0 views
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Ubiquitous noun for social media self-portraits faces down newly discovered cute mammal the olinguito in annual contest
How Do You Say 'Blog' in German? - 2 views
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The editors of the German Duden dictionary added 5,000 words to the 26th edition, many of them English or of English origin. Some Germans aren't happy (NYT Op-ed)
Don't Ban 'Bossy' : The New Yorker - 0 views
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Is the word "bossy" sexist? Probably. Does that mean that we should ban it? No. (blog)
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Is the word "bossy" sexist? Probably. Does that mean that we should ban it? No. (blog)
What are you saying cuz? - 0 views
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No idea what cuzzies, sweet as, wop-wops or wuss mean? Kiwi slang classes at Wellington Central library have been helping migrants tackle these kinds of words, without being too hard out.
Google and Sweden in war of words over ogooglebar - 1 views
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Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition -
Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
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Term meaning 'ungoogleable' was to be added to Swedish lexicon, but has been pulled after Google tried to alter definition
Oxford Dictionary Recognizes: YOLO, Amazeballs and Hot Mess - 0 views
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The online dictionary added new terms inspired by popular culture and online usage.
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The online dictionary added new terms inspired by popular culture and online usage.
The teens who can barely talk - they only have an 800 word vocabulary - 0 views
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from Daily Mail Online
Oxford Dictionary Learns How to 'Twerk' - 1 views
Jeah! We Mapped Out The 4 Basic Aspects Of Being A 'Bro' - 0 views
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NPR Codeswitch blog recently delineated 4 basic aspects of bro-iness: jockish, dudely, stoner-ish, and preppy.
Bookshelf | 'Wordbirds,' a Fine-Feathered Compendium of Modern-Day Neologisms - 0 views
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The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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The writer Liesl Schillinger shares the process that produced her illustrated volume of newly minted expressions for describing contemporary life ("cancellelation," "occuplaytion"), and lists 10 personal favorites. (NT Times)
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