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Words of the year, now with polarization.
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Words of the year Now with demure and kakistocracy .
Words of the year Now with demure and kakistocracy.
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Words of the year Now with brain rot .
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Words of the year, now with enshittification.
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Words of the year, now with manifest.
Words of the year
From the Collins Dictionary, brat : inspired by Charli XCX and “characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.”
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Another word of the year.
Another meaning of “snail mail”
My one submission to the OED.
The Dictionary People
Knowing a bit about rabbit holes, I know the importance of knowing when to stop. But I understand the impulse to keep going, for it’s unlikely that there will be another book about the OED’s Readers.
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Words of the year, now with a second “hallucinate” and a “vibe of the year.”
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Another word of the year: “rizz.”
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Another word of the year.
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A word of the year from Merriam-Webster.
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More words of the year.
A missing word
David Skinner tells the story of “the only major expletive left out of Webster’s Third.”
Words of the year
From the Collins Dictionary, AI .
A dictionary in progress
Ten entries from the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, in progress.
Beauty , defined, undefined
There’s something risible about the head of a cosmetics conglomerate pushing for a redefinition — or undefinition — of beauty.
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“Woman”: another word of the year.
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The words of the year now include goblin mode.
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Words of the year, now with gaslighting.
Whence bebop?
Merriam-Webster on the origin of bebop.
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Words of the year, now with “teal.”
Vote for a word of the year
Oxford Languages is asking the public to vote for a word of the year.
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Another word of the year: “homer.”
Words of the year
From the Collins Dictionary, permacrisis, “a term that describes ‘an extended period of instability and insecurity.’”
OED life
This visit to the OED offices includes “astirbroad,” “burner phone,” and “what the what.”
The ODAAE
Underway, the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, Henry Louis Gates Jr., editor-in-chief.
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Words of the year, now with insurrection.
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Words of the year, now with one from The Economist.